Queens to get new green medians to help combat severe flooding
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Officials are pouring more than $8 million dollars into three projects to help prevent water from pouring into Queens’ streets.
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Queens environmental groups sue over Flushing Creek de-pollution project
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Local environmentalists are suing the city over a plan to address sewage pollution in Flushing Creek that they worry will bring negative impacts for the Queens waterway.
Read MoreCity to install new heating system at Queens NYCHA complex amid cold snap
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the installment of a new heating system for a Queens NYCHA complex on Wednesday as a historic cold snap continues to freeze the city.
Read MoreHoward Beach comes together to battle the moon and rising tides
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During full and new moons, when tides get higher than normal, water from the basins that surround the neighborhoods of Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach flood into the streets and the homes of the residential area in South Queens. The flooding now happens at least twice a month.
Read MoreBorough prez visits Jamaica Bay, Botanical Garden to push new sustainability report
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“This is the blueprint, it's the beginning. Those who fail to plan, plan to fail – we've seen the impacts of climate change from Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Ida and basically the report is Queens’ response.”
Read MoreFederal plans for Newtown Creek worry Long Island City locals
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As part of the massive NY and NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study, the Army Corp of Engineers is considering a possible storm surge gate in the area around Newtown Creek in Western Queens. But some local groups believe the project may cause adverse issues.
Read MoreBring back Queens composting program, pol tells DSNY
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A Queens lawmaker is calling on the city to bring back its widely successful composting program in the World’s Borough after the pilot program was put on pause for the winter last month.
Read MoreMayor picks QueensWay over new subway for abandoned rail line in Queens – for now
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Should a rotting rail line snaking through Central and South Queens be resurrected as a park or a new subway line? Queens has its answer – for now.
Read MoreQueens remembers Hurricane Ida a year later
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Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams both celebrated the dedication of Queens residents who they said stepped up, showcasing the resilient spirit of New York.
Read MoreLawmakers urge attention to Queens flooding
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A group of elected officials are urging the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation to take a closer look at the borough’s flood risk as they map out the future of green energy throughout New York.
Read MoreQueens bird burglars make Parks’ wanted list
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The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering a reward to find whoever is behind a series of theft and destruction in protected bird nesting areas on Queens’ beaches.
Read More‘What a difference’: Hallets Cove restoration nears completion
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A waterfront clean-up nearly a decade in the making is almost complete.
Read MoreAstoria generating battery storage gets state approval
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New York State has given approval for an energy storage project in Astoria, opening the door to the next steps in the city’s journey away from fossil fuels.
Read MoreAdams launches push for green buildings in Queens
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Mayor Eric Adams visited a co-op in Forest Hills on Friday to celebrate Earth Day with the launch of a new campaign to promote clean energy swaps in buildings.
Read MoreBP assembles environmental group to lead Queens’ climate efforts
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards assembled his own Queens version of the Planeteers Thursday to announce the first-ever advisory board focused solely on equipping the borough for the climate crisis.
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