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Former EPA head admits she was wrong to tell New Yorkers post-9/11 air was safe

2016-09-10 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Among those who were exposed to toxins released when the World Trade Center collapsed, the toll of illness and death continues to rise. Speaking to the Guardian for a report on the growing health crisis to be published on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the attacks, Whitman made an unprecedented apology to those affected but denied she had ever lied about the air quality or known at the time it was dangerous. Whatever we got wrong, we should acknowledge and people should be helped, she said,...

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New Yorkers Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of Fracking Ban

2015-12-18 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the announcement by Gov. Cuomo, the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Conservation that New York would ban high-volume fracking given its serious public health and environmental risks. New Yorkers and the many organizations that worked to ban fracking are reflecting on the ban that occurred one year ago and the anti-fracking movement overall, noting its importance nationally and internationally. I will always remember this...

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Real Estate Groups Swindle New Yorkers Out of Their Homes

2015-11-08 19:23:03| Real Estate - Topix.net

Unsavory real estate companies are accused of hiding behind shell companies to trick people out of their homes, the New York Times reported . The paper's extensive piece profiled several homeowners who said great promises were made, but never delivered upon and, in the end, the homes were no longer their own.

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An end to the feuding over MTA subsidies is good news for New Yorkers

2015-10-17 22:26:05| Railroads - Topix.net

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have finally agreed on the MTA's next five-year capital spending program after months of needless feuding. Staten Islanders have a huge stake in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the condition of its infrastructure.

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