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Today in New York (displayed on-air as "Today in NY") is a local morning news and entertainment television program airing on WNBC, an NBC owned-and-operated television station in New York City. The program is broadcast each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. Eastern Time , immediately preceding NBC's Today .
In 1895, the first gardens were founded in New York City by a committee of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (AICP). The committee promoted the idea of gardening on vacant lots following the success of the first community gardening program in Detroit as a way to address food insecurity and lessen the reliance on charities and taxpayers. [1]
This is a list of community gardens in New York City, sorted by borough. There are over 500 public community gardens, including numerous urban farms, across the five boroughs of the city. [1] [2] Since the 1960s, community gardens have been developed and maintained on vacant lots throughout the city. [3]
The Real Housewives of New York City: 2008 present Castle (TV series) 2009 2016 Sherri: 2009 Nurse Jackie: 2009 2015 The Electric Company: 2011 White Collar: 2014 Mostly Midtown, and upper West side, Manhattan Glee: 2015 Half of the series 4 storyline is set in New York Bored to Death: 2011 Archer: 2023
Superfund sites in New York are designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA, a federal law passed in 1980, authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
New York City's high rate of transit use saved 1.8 billion US gallons (6,800,000 m 3) of oil in 2006 and $4.6 billion in gasoline costs. New York saves half of all the oil saved by transit nationwide. The reduction in oil consumption meant 11.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution was kept out of the air. [27]
Conversely, a poll of New York City residents found that close to two-thirds of respondents were against the congestion toll. [217] The MTA board gave its final approval to the plan on March 27, 2024, [218] making New York City the first locality in the United States to approve the creation of a congestion-pricing zone. [219]
The Winter Garden Atrium is a 120 ft (37 m), 10-story glass-vaulted pavilion on Vesey Street in New York City's Brookfield Place (formerly World Financial Center) office complex. Designed by Diana Balmori , the Atrium was originally constructed in 1988, and substantially rebuilt in 2002, after it was damaged by the collapse of the World Trade ...