Energy, Land and Infrastructure

The day before New Yorkers voted on Initiative 7, the sky above Midtown filled with light bulbs. They were six feet in diameter, drone powered, drifting above the heads of...Read More “Building The DIY Network That’s Beating Big Tech” »

out, was only the beginning. On a February morning, three hundred pounds of concrete broke free from the underside of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and fell without warning onto the settlement...Read More “The Road to Somewhere” »

Leilani Reyes pushes her cart through Home Depot, past stacks of raw and refurbished brick, spools of reclaimed electrical wire, and assorted rusting hardware in need of a wire brush....Read More “How a Home Depot Roof Stopped a Flood” »

“The torch is finally going back up,” remarks an approving Li Wei. She wears a blue windbreaker, which is fluttering along with her black hair as the electric ferry glides...Read More “The De-Growth Job Training Hub On Governors Island” »

Local Politicians, activists, and NYPA representatives announced today that New York City plans to build the Museum of the Pipeline (MOP) in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The museum will sit amid the...Read More “Thermal Pipeline Hub To Host City’s Newest Museum” »

Anticipating protests, the New York Power Authority chose a cold November night—two hours past midnight to be exact, to move the giant barges carrying three new SMR reactors down the...Read More “Making Space For Brooklyn Nuclear” »

Colorful feathers bounced to the rhythms of Reggaeton, Soca, dancehall, and Neotrop, as the revelers made their way down Eastern Parkway.  Jerk chicken smoke was heavy in the air, and...Read More “Ice Box Saves West Indian Day Parade” »

Thousands walked away from the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Wind Farm today, abandoning work on the enormous turbines and blades, and pouring into the streets. Joined by hundreds of thousands of...Read More “Undersea Siphoning Sparks Walkouts” »

Brandon Carbonari stands next to a huge and gleaming natural gas boiler—one of the last in New York City. Carbonari was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and he’s reminiscing about...Read More “When Your Neighbour Is A Gas Holdout” »

In the latest push to provide housing to New Yorkers who have long been shut out of the housing market, New York State is going on a massive buying spree....Read More “NYC is Buying if Landlords are Selling” »

A political earthquake has struck the Bronx. In a landslide victory, the Land Party, a progressive political movement organized by the Mott Haven Community Land Trust, swept the borough’s recent...Read More “Land Party Sweeps Bronx Elections” »

After decades of lagging behind housing density in the other boroughs, Staten Island is on the cusp of a major transformation. This week marks the long-awaited inauguration of the Staten...Read More “Staten Island Train Line Powers Up This Week” »