New York Environmental News: Dec 27, 2012

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City and U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Announce All Chipped Tree Debris From Hurricane Sandy To Be Reused

(NYC DEP)

Governor Cuomo Announces Clean Up, Debris Removal, And Disposal Efforts To Begin In Fire Island

(Governor Cuomo’s Press Office)

Brooklyn Contractor Named EmPower New York’s Contractor Of The Year For 2012

(NYSERDA)

New York Gets Additional $250 Million for Renewable Energy, Gov. Cuomo Announces

(Inhabitat)

Utica Shale: Hydrofracking, The Sequel?

(Utica Observer)

Chester, NY Considers Fracking Ban

(The Chronicle)

New York Probably Won’t See A Shale Gas Boom, Even If Moratorium Is Lifted

Nursing Home Evacuees Still In A Grim Limbo After Sandy

A Good Start At Banning BPA-Coated Receipts In Suffolk County

School Secretary Embezzled Public Funds For ‘Dozens Of Visits’ To McDonald’s

Animal Cruelty Laws: ALDF Ranks States By Abuse Regulations

(Huffington Post)

Whale Beached In Breezy Point Has Died

Bloomberg Felt This Was A Bermuda-Worthy Storm

School Secretary Fined For Using City Funds To Live Out ‘Super Size Me’

(NY Magazine)

Queens ‘High Line’ Moves Closer To Reality With $467K Grant

New York Restoration Project’s Fort Tryon Park Restaurant Sees Business Dip Post-Sandy

Where To Ice Skate Around New York City

MTA Partly Suspends 3 Train Service As Cuomo Warns Of ‘Blizzard Conditions’

Sandy-Damaged NYU Langone Medical Center Partially Reopens

(DNA Info)

Cuomo: Pre-Snowstorm Letter Put Utilities On Notice

(Capital Confidential)

City’s Rapid Repairs Leaves Brooklyn Storm Victims In  Demolished Homes; City Workers Start Work But Don’t Return For Weeks – Or Not At All

(New York Daily News)

Mayor’s Press Secretary Defends Rapid Repairs Program

City Official Gives Advice To Residents Stuck In Cold

NYU’s Tisch Hospital Reopens After Sandy

(NY 1)

NYCHA Deploys Digital Vans To Help Residents Apply For FEMA Aid

(NYCHA)

Solidarity After Sandy; Occupy Steps Up Where Traditional Disaster Relief Fails

(In These Times)

Services For Mentally-Ill New Yorkers Have Taken A Hit Since Sandy

(Gothamist)

Sandy Aftermath Highlights Need For Storm Surge Protection Design

(Triple Pundit)

No Lump of Coal In Cuomo’s Christmas Eve Clean Energy Gift

NY’s Infrastructure Gap: $89 Billion (With A “B”!)

Westchester Waterfront Projects Get Boost From State

(NYLCV)

A Price Tag For The Gowanus Cleanup

New York City To Sell Storm-Toppled Trees As Lumber

(New York Times)

New York’s MTA Seeks New Leader

(Planetizen)

The Lower East Side’s Lowline Will Be A Public Green Space Built Inside An Abandoned Trolley Terminal

(Take Part)

New York City’s Top 5 Stories In Green Building: 2012

City Selects Developer For LEED Silver Shopping Center At Brooklyn Navy Yard

(Green Buildings NYC)

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