Members of CB1’s Waterfront, Parks & Cultural Committee met online to discuss a possible sequel to the “Million Trees” initiative. Photo: Abigail Gruskin The City May Be In For a Million More Trees It won’t happen overnight, but the city may be destined to grow more green. A sequel to the “Million Trees” initiative, this... News 18 Nov 2022 | 12:31
Mayor Eric Adams (right) and Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch (second from left) announced the launch a curbside composting program starting this fall, in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, on August 8, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office The Dirt on Composting in NYC From banana peels to eggshells, we all leave a multicolored mess of food waste in the trash daily. We throw out so much food... News 12 Aug 2022 | 12:11
A shot from the SNL cold open after the New Hampshire Primary. ( Photo: Saturday Night Live via YouTube) The Democrats' Gift to SNL The Democratic presidential candidates debated one another last week in Las Vegas and often acted so boorish, childish and... Voices 20 Feb 2020 | 12:30
Our Favorite Billionaire Grassroots billionaire - NY has no shortage of millionaires - and some billionaires. And there's nothing new about rich New... Voices 17 Feb 2020 | 02:34
MIchael Bloomberg, seen here in his Super Bowl ad, is spending millions and targeting the Super Tuesday primaries. ( Photo: Courtesy Mike Bloomberg 2020 via YouTube) The Bloomberg Method I have to smile as I watch America trying to make sense of Michael Bloomberg’s insurgent presidential run. Journalists and... News 07 Feb 2020 | 12:15
As the media looked on last month, Michael Bloomberg filed for the Arizona Democratic presidential primary. ( Photo: Courtesy mikebloomberg2020 via Twitter) Bloomberg's Unforced Error Not long after billionaire and former mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the White House sweepstakes, Bloomberg News’s top editor,... Voices 02 Dec 2019 | 01:16
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action in Des Moines, Iowa in Aug. 2019. ( Photo: Gage Skidmore, via flickr) Exorcising the Demons of the Past His estimated net worth today stands at a cool $54.3 billion – more than enough to attempt to buy a presidential election... News 22 Nov 2019 | 04:34