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The city has introduced a series of environmental policies since the 1990s to address these problems. Detailed measures included switching more than 11,000 traffic lights and pedestrian signals in the city to new energy-efficient light-emitting diodes that use 90% less energy than conventional fixtures.
Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella is also calling on the feds to identify these flying objects. “We have recently been made aware of large, military-style drones flying over parts of ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) – Mysterious drones have now been spotted in New York City flying over Staten Island this week, the borough’s president said Thursday. The drone sightings ...
Notable examples of this are Freshkills Park in Staten Island [30] and Shirley Chisholm State Park in Brooklyn. [31] Most of NYC's waste ends up in landfills outside of the city. [ 32 ] In 2017, the DSNY disposed of 3.2 million tons of refuse to facilities outside of New York City.
Despite New York City traditionally voting Democratic, Staten Island remains a reliably red borough. In Tuesday's election, where the Republican party won a second term in the White House, 65% of ...
Staten Island Transfer Station occupies a small portion of the site of the former Fresh Kills Landfill near the old Plant #2 at The transfer station —an integral part of New York City's Solid Waste Management Plan—is expected to process an average of 900 short tons (820 t) per day of Staten Island -generated residential and municipal waste.
Boardwalk and beach on the East Shore (2009) The East Shore Seawall, also known as Staten Island Multi-Use Elevated Promenade, is a 5.2-mile (8.4 km) long combined seawall and esplanade proposed for the eastern shoreline of Staten Island, New York.
Staten Island (/ ˈ s t æ t ən / STAT-ən) is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay.