Many sewers throughout the area surrounding City Island are in disrepair, so storm-water infiltrates the pipes and forces out sewage before it can reach treatment plants. The sewage-laden storm-water then flows into local waterways toward the Sound and its harbors and beaches.
In addition, all around Long Island Sound, rain can overwhelm waste-water treatment systems or wash pollutants off local streets and into the waterways that flow toward the Sound.
Just as New York City Public Library’s annual Summer Reading initiative kicks off with a well funded celebration at the Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue by encouraging kids and teens to read at their local branches throughout the summer to combat “summer slide” while they’re out of school, they are also asking the public for help to fight a $47 million city budget cut.
Why have there been so many neighborhoods left out? New York City's nearly two-week-old bike-share program already is among the largest on earth, but it has neglected neighborhoods where the majority of the population lives.
Many bike stations are located in Brooklyn and selected Manhattan neighborhoods.
The solar-powered docking stations and the nearly 6K blue Citi Bikes can be found in Manhattan, below 59th Street and selected neighborhoods of Brooklyn. But many neighborhoods including Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, are left bike-less.
Over the past week President Xi Jinping and his superstar wife Peng Liyuan have been on a world-wind tour.
The power couple have visited the Caribbean and Latin America before they arrived in California.
The couple have been involved in serious work and global diplomacy, but they have also had plenty of time to relax and enjoy the global hospitality.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama met with members of the press after their meeting at the Annenberg Retreat, California on 6/7/13.
The Second Avenue Subway (SAS) is a rapid transit subway line, part of the New York City Subway system. Phase I, consisting of two miles (3.2 km) of tunnel and three stations, is open Second Avenue in the borough of Manhattan.
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The energy industry wants you to know that they are responsible operations and that natural gas is found throughout the world in underground formations, such as sandstone, carbonates, coal and shale. Gaining access to this gas involves drilling vertical, horizontal or multi-lateral wells to the target formation.
Various completion techniques, such as hydraulic fracturing, are then used to create an effective connection between the well and the targeted hydrocarbon-containing formation, thereby providing a pathway for the gas to be produced.
We've all participated in embarrassing and humbling actions to land that next position. Website: www.BeautifulPeople.com is for gorgeous people only!
It has launched an additional service for employers looking to hire an extremely attractive someone with all the right assets.
Some folk say it's a brutally honest approach to finding stunning employees, but there has to be more to job hunting than just good looks?
A new study commissioned by CityGroup indicates that New York City takes the top overall spot in the rankings as the most competitive city on earth.
That study was carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit for Citigroup, which took a holistic approach to determining what makes these cities competitive.
The USA dominated the list by taking six of the top 20 spots, including New York in top spot far more than any other country.
No. 1 is NYC. London ranked second, Singapore was third, while Chicago was ninth on the most-competitive.
We are all looking forward to a sunny, serene summer. But we should also be prepared and ready for storms and heat waves.
Here's what we're suggesting and what you can do to be prepared in NYC.
Con Ed is bracing for storms by reinforcing and flood-proofing critical equipment, installing new smart switches, and redesigning networks. The work will reduce outages and allow us to restore service more quickly.
If you lose power, or have partial, dim, or flickering lights, contact us right away
at 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633) or online:
Post-Tropical Cyclone Andrea will continue to accelerate northeastward along the Northeast Coast through Saturday.
However, heavy rainfall will be the main impact. Some creeks and small rivers may rise out of their banks in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Numerous Flood Warnings are still in effect.