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The entire EPA cleanup of the waterway will finish sometime around 2027.
The EPA chose a remediation plan for the Wolff-Alport site on Tuesday.
The EPA is set to start scooping the canal's toxic sludge in early December.
There are a lot of repellents making unfounded claims, so it's best to do your research before buying.
City officials presented a schematic design for the reconstruction of ball fields 5, 6, 7 and 8.
The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 4.
Contaminated soil containing lead has been found at multiple sports fields in Red Hook.
Disappointed activists had hoped to remove the facilities from their borough but are not giving up yet.
Four of the fields have been closed due to lead contamination, officials said.
It is not immediately clear when the fields will reopen.
An ingredient in Roundup, the city's most-used herbicide, deemed "probably carcinogenic" by W.H.O.
The Department of Environmental Protection named 14 possible locations for two underground sewage tanks.
The city's Parks Department sprayed the pesticide Roundup more than 1,300 times in 2013.
The UES has higher concentrations of many pollutants than neighborhoods known for bad air.
Candles, cleaning products and body lotion can contain chemicals that are not entirely good for you.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.