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Bloomberg and Booker Agree: We Need Cleaner Trucks at Our Ports

Rich Kassel | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


Rich Kassel

The mayors teamed up with Teamsters President James P. Hoffa to endorse federal legislation that would enable ports around the nation to adopt local green-growth programs to reduce air pollution.

Atom Cianfarani's Green Roofs Are Two Of The Smallest In City

New York Times | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York


Green roofs have become all the architectural rage these days, with each new one claiming to be the biggest of such-and-such area, type, whatever. But...

Taxi Turmoil At Red Hook's IKEA

The Brooklyn Paper | MIKE MCLAUGHLIN | Posted 07.12.2009 | Local


A city crackdown on livery cab drivers who cruised for furniture-lugging passengers at the remote Ikea in Red Hook has led the Swedish home-furnishing...