Too small for solar, Rikers Island could become NYC’s renewable energy storage site

Too small for solar, Rikers Island could become NYC’s renewable energy storage site

A plan to transform Rikers Island into a renewable energy powerhouse would focus on the relatively small island’s capacity for storing power to send to the electrical grid when demand rises, according to a panel of policy experts and New York City officials.

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Mobile science lab parks outside Astoria Houses

Mobile science lab parks outside Astoria Houses

“This is all about creating that spark, that love of science. For young people it’s giving them that possibility to say, ‘Oh I want to do that, I want to learn more.’ Give them that window into a whole new world that they never even knew existed.”

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Advocates again urge lawmakers to repeal ‘walking while trans’ ban

Advocates again urge lawmakers to repeal ‘walking while trans’ ban

“It's your duty to build a New York that is for all of us, not only some communities in particular. We are still being oppressed. Every time that one of our trans sisters is profiled and detained, it is an attack on all of us.”

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