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Veggie Carts Get Another Push (NY Post, 05/05/2008)

MTA Pushing Back Door Bus Exits (AM New York, 05/02/2008)

Mayor Praises Flood Task Force Effort (Queens Tribune, 05/02/2008)

City Slashes Parking Permits (NY Times, 05/01/2008)

'Parking' Abuse Curbed (NY Post, 05/01/2008)

Study: City's Air Still Bad (AM New York, 05/01/2008)

New Plan to Fight Traffic (Metro, 04/29/2008)

PlaNYC Gets $10 Million Boost (Metro, 04/23/2008)

Verrazano Bridge Will Receive Energy-Saving Lighting System (NY 1, 04/23/2008)

Congestion Pricing Could Resurface, Advocates Say (Daily News, 04/21/2008)

Housing Authority Begins Installing Fluorescent Bulbs (Metro, 04/18/2008)

MTA Plans to Use Solar Power (Newsday, 04/15/2008)

Off the Waterfront! (NY Observer, 04/10/2008)

Solar in the City (NY Post, 04/09/2008)

Bloomberg Turns Attention to Solar Power (City Room, 04/09/2008)

$8 Traffic Fee for Manhattan Gets Nowhere (NY Times, 04/08/2008)

Bloomberg Tactics Were Highhanded on Traffic Plan, Lawmakers Say (NY Times, 04/08/2008)

Council Members Fume Over Congestion Pricing Failure (Newsday, 04/08/2008)

Fate of Congestion Pricing Unknown (NY Times, 04/07/2008)

Congestion Pricing Deadline Today (Daily News, 04/07/2008)

Changes Needed for Plan to Pass In Albany (Daily News, 04/05/2008)

City Spends Millions On Projects Other Than Pricing Plan (Metro, 04/03/2008)

Thompson Gets In On Congestion Pricing Action (Daily Politics, 04/03/2008)

Congestion Pricing Critic Announces Bid for City Council (Politicker, 04/03/2008)

Congestion Pricing? Not Without Sheldon Silver (NY Observer, 04/03/2008)

Pricing Faces Tough Resistance in Assembly Democrats (NY Post, 04/03/2008)

Mayor Presses for $8 Fee for Drivers to Enter Parts of Manhattan (NY Times, 04/03/2008)

Color-Coded Congestion Pricing (Daily Politics, 04/03/2008)

An Absence Explained For Congestion Vote (NY Times, 04/02/2008)

Council Members Accuse Administration of Arm Twisting (Daily News, 04/02/2008)

Albany Is Next Stop for Congestion Pricing (NY Sun, 04/01/2008)

City Council Approves Fee to Drive Below 60th (NY Times, 04/01/2008)

Low-Income Drivers to Get Break on Fee (Daily News, 03/31/2008)

Council Could Vote on Congestion Plan Today (NY 1, 03/31/2008)

In Albany Congestion Pricing Comes Down to Politics as Usual (Newsday, 03/31/2008)

Bloomberg Colleagues Funding Pro-Congestion Pricing Campaign (NY Post, 03/30/2008)

Senate Amends Congestion Pricing Bill To Woo Opponents (Daily Politics, 03/30/2008)

Harvesting Wind at the Fresh Kills Landfill (City Room, 03/28/2008)

Two-Part Plan on Recycling of Electronic Gear Passes (NY Times, 03/27/2008)

Mayor Continues to Push Congestion Fee (Newsday, 03/26/2008)

Rail Link Would Help New Jersey Commuters, Report Says (Associated Press, 03/25/2008)

Split City Council Questions Congestion Pricing (Newsday, 03/25/2008)

Mayor Looks for Votes for Congestion Pricing in City Council (Daily News, 03/25/2008)

Poll Says New Yorkers Would Support Congestion Pricing If Mass Transit Improved (NY Post, 03/25/2008)

Hey, Kids! Don’t Eat the New Lunch Trays (City Room, 03/25/2008)

Street Trees Are No Longer an Optional Accessory (City Room, 03/25/2008)

Paterson Lends Support to Congestion Pricing (NY Times, 03/24/2008)

Plan For Brooklyn Power Plant Rejected (NY 1, 03/21/2008)

To Avert Veto, Council Alters New Electronics Recycling Bill (NY Times, 03/13/2008)

Recycling Electronics As Mayor Mulls Legislation (NY Times, 03/10/2008)

Traces of Pharmaceuticals Found in Water (Associated Press, 03/10/2008)

Toxic Turf Ban Fight in Albany (Metro, 02/07/2008)

68 Degree Day a Record (NY Post, 02/07/2008)

(Solar) Power to the People Is Not So Easily Achieved (NY Times, 01/24/2008)

Worst Recycling Scofflaws Improve (NY Times, 01/01/2008)

Washington Square Park Plan Threatens Trees (AM New York, 12/21/2007)

Turf Concerns Get Council Hearing (Metro, 12/13/2007)

Recycling in NYC's Subways (WNYC, 11/30/2007)

Turf Moratorium (Metro, 10/25/2007)

Washington Gives New Yorkers Mixed Signals on Driving to Work (NY Times, 08/16/2007)

Washington Sets Conditions on Traffic Aid (NY Times, 08/15/2007)

When It Rains, Sewage Often Pours Into Harbor (NY Times, 08/13/2007)

Some Blame Mayor for Plan (NY Times, 07/18/2007)

Universities Pledge Emission Cuts (Newsday, 06/07/2007)

Toxic Stew Threatens to Surface in Brooklyn (New York Magazine, 06/06/2007)

Transportation Commissioner Considers Closing Central Park to Cars for Summer (NY Post, 06/06/2007)

Universities Sign on to Mayor's Green Plan (NY Post, 06/05/2007)

Thousands of City Buildings Lack Required Water Valve (NY Times, 05/21/2007)

Toxic Chemical Found in Queens Water Supply (Daily News, 05/10/2007)

Western Queens Carries Increasing Toxic Burden (NY Sun, 04/12/2007)

Up In A Hot-Air Balloon To Study Air Pollution (New Yorker, 08/22/2006)

Tourist Buses To Go Green With Cleaner Engines (Newsday, 07/12/2006)

Warm Weather Prompts Air Quality Advisory (NY 1, 06/19/2006)

A Look At The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Along 14 Miles Of Waterfront (Metropolis Magazine, 02/28/2006)

Transfer Stations in Park Raise Doubts About City Waste Plan (NY Times, 02/20/2006)

New Stillwell Avenue Subway Station Relies On Solar Power (10/31/2005)

Truce At "Toxic" High School: Officials Agree To Re-Test (10/28/2005)

Underwater Power Producing Turbines Planned for East River (Daily News, 10/24/2005)

Venezuelan Pres Chavez Promises To Help Clean Up Bronx River (09/23/2005)

We Are What We Throw Away (05/02/2005)

.Small Waterways From Bronx River To Newtown Creek Used As Dumping Grounds (12/20/2004)

Water Plant Goes With Flow (10/11/2004)

The Far West Side: Transportation Needs and Impacts (In PDF Format) (05/20/2004)