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New York only to get hotter, rainier and more flood-prone, say scientists

NY Daily News
BY Adam Lisberg
DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF
Tuesday, February 17th 2009, 4:10 PM
Fox/AP
A scene from the movie, “The Day After Tomorrow.” The mayor warned that New York will become more prone to flooding in the coming decades.
New York will be hotter, rainier [...]

Mexico City Mayor hands out free Viagra to elderly men – Bloomberg Gives Us Trees

Mexico City Mayor hands out free Viagra to elderly men. Michael Bloomberg gives New Yorkers trees. It doesn’t require much effort to make the analogy.
NY Daily News
BY Catey Hill
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, February 13th 2009, 12:10 PM
The government is handing out free Viagra to poor men, the New York Times reported.
If you are 60 and [...]

Your Doctor Wanted You to Smoke

Yes, there was a time when doctors and athletes were paid by tobacco companies to promote smoking.

Time has created a photo gallery of vintage pro-smoking advertisements.

Price of Cigarettes Going Up in NYC

It’s going to cost more to destroy your health.

From MyFoxNY
Price of Cigarettes Going Up in NYC
Last Edited: Sunday, 08 Feb 2009, 5:06 PM EST
Created On: Sunday, 08 Feb 2009, 4:57 PM EST
NEW YORK – What a drag! A pack of cigarettes will soon cost more than $10 in Manhattan.

That’s because a 62 cent federal tax [...]

Turf War Brewing in New York City Parks

Customers in the Cafe are starting to wonder if Parks & Recreation will ever get it right.

From 1010 WINS
Posted: Sunday, 08 February 2009 7:16PM
Turf War Brewing in New York City Parks
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A turf war is brewing in New York City.
The city council will hold a hearing Monday on a bill [...]

“Last Summer at Coney Island”

“Last Summer at Coney Island”
(aka, Mayor Bloomberg never met a developer he didn’t like)

Marshall Backs Effort To Honor Park Activist David Oats

Queens Tribune

Marshall Backs Effort To Honor Park Activist
David Oats
By Brian M. Rafferty
David Oats loved Flushing Meadows Corona Park. One of his first assignments as a young reporter was to speak with Robert Moses, the visionary power broker who masterminded so much of the development in the city – as well as the creation of the [...]

15th Annual Little Neck Bay Beach Clean-Up

Bayside Anglers Group Ltd.
Proudly presents

15th Annual Little Neck Bay Beach Clean-Up
“Bayside Waterfront Day”
10 AM on Sunday, April 19, 2009
(Rain or Shine)
We welcome all volunteers and their families to help us in
the Spring-cleaning of one of our most popular local fishing spots.
Through the support of the NYC Dept. of Parks, Partnership for
Parks and the [...]

It’s in the bag – Plastic bag that is…..

From amNew York
Plastic bag tax would apply citywide

A proposed plastic bag tax would hit shoppers not just at grocery stores but at all retailers, a change expected to bring in vastly more money to the cash-strapped city.
Facing a deficit that has now ballooned to a projected $4 billion for next fiscal year, the city has [...]

Idling Parents and Idle Minds

From the NY News
Motorists who idle their engines by a school for more than a minute will risk a $100 fine under a City Council bill passed yesterday. The measure is aimed at curbing exhaust pollution that feeds the city’s asthma epidemic, backers say.
Opponents blasted the one-minute rule as another excuse to slap motorists with [...]

Smoking Ban Hits Home. Truly.

January 27, 2009
Belmont Journal
Smoking Ban Hits Home. Truly.
By JESSE McKINLEY
BELMONT, Calif. — During her 50 years of smoking, Edith Frederickson says, she has lit up in restaurants and bars, airplanes and trains, and indoors and out, all as part of a two-pack-a-day habit that she regrets not a bit. But as of two weeks ago, [...]

Cell Phone Towers Free of Municipal Oversight

Councilmember Tony Avella has taken the lead in opposing a proposal that would allow the siting of Cell Phone Towers without municipal oversight. Follow the link below for the whole story.
celltower-avella0076

Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City’s Watershed.

Read the full report in the Gotham Gazette – Protect our water supply!
by Dara L. Miles
January 12, 2009

Turn on the tap and New Yorkers get completely unfiltered H2O, flowing from the upstate streams and rivers to faucets from the Bronx to Brooklyn.
Since 1993, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has exempted New York City from [...]

Peru Planting 512,820 Trees a Day to Fight Climate Change

Written by Levi Novey
Published on January 11th, 2009
Peru’s Ministry of Agriculture has launched an ambitious project. The goal: plant 40 million trees in 3 months to help deter the effects of climate change.

According to Peruvian news source Andina, the Ministry hopes to complete the project by February 20th of this year. They started working on [...]