Thank you Audubon NY:
With thanks to Landscape architect Emily Tyrer and Audubon NY’s Richard Santangelo and Wu Yiqing photographer and Bob Humber Sara Roosevelt Park Coalition:
the Chinese versions of the Posters will remain in the BRC for further comments
NO HOUSING NO PEACE
A history of struggle in Tompkins Square Park 1988-91
March 20, 21, 27, 28 | 7:30pm
Downtown Art (70 East 4th Street)
Tickets: $10
Learn more at FABnyc website
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Produced by FABnyc and Downtown Art
From Vox
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“electrify everything!” — is beginning to catch on, especially in California, which is always something of a preview of broader trends to come. In a relatively short span of time, a robust “all-electric movement” has emerged, as dozens of towns and cities take steps to encourage all-electric construction in new buildings.
Natural gas utilities do not like this movement one bit. The more all-electric buildings there are, the fewer natural gas ratepayers there are. An all-electric future inevitably involves the obsolescence, or at least the substantial diminution, of natural gas utilities. Naturally, they are fighting back furiously, with astroturf groups, PR campaigns, and lobbying at the local level…”
“…playing out with particular intensity in California — has to do with “renewable natural gas” (RNG), an industry term for methane captured from biogenic (organic) waste at landfills, livestock operations, farms, and sewage treatment facilities. (It is sometimes called “biogas” or “biomethane.”)
RNG is not as low-carbon as the industry claims and its local air and water impacts are concentrated in vulnerable communities. Even if it were low-carbon and equitable, there simply isn’t enough of it to substitute for more than a small fraction of natural gas. And even if it were low-carbon, equitable, and abundant, it still wouldn’t be an excuse to expand natural gas infrastructure or slow electrification.”
NYC Council Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 10:30 A.M. in the 16th Floor Committee room, 250 Broadway, New York, NY
“This local law requires that the office of long-term planning and sustainability, or such other agency or office as the mayor shall designate, develop for each city agency and each affiliated governmental organization a climate emission plan projection designed to assure that each city agency and each affiliated governmental organization remains below the upper level of greenhouse gas emissions needed to achieve the city’s previously identified climate reduction goals.”
RE: Oversight – Addressing Challenges in Meeting our Carbon Emissions
Int 270 – A Local Law in relation to mandating that preliminary and executive budget accounting include an accounting of carbon emissions, offsets, mitigation, and net carbon impact
Int 1720 – A Local Law requiring the office of long term planning to develop climate emissions plans for city agencies.
Please be advised that the Committee on Environmental Protection will hold a hearing on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at 10:30 A.M. in the 16th Floor Committee room, 250 Broadway, New York, NY regarding the above-referred topics. To view the topics in detail, please CLICK HERE.
You are hereby invited to attend this hearing and testify therein. Please feel free to bring with you such members of your staff you deem appropriate to the subject matter.
If you plan to participate, it would be greatly appreciated if you could bring thirty (30) copies double-sided of your written testimony to the hearing.
I would appreciate receiving a response from you as to whether or not you will be able to attend. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Ettricks
Legislative Documents Unit
New York City Council (Twitter Account)
Access Provided: For questions about accessibility or to request additional accommodations please contact Nicole Benjamin (NBenjamin@council.nyc.gov or 212-482-5176) at least 72 hours before the hearing.
For all other questions about the hearing, please contact Nadia Johnson (NJohnson@council.nyc.gov or 212-482-5459).
WEBINAR
Healthy Forests
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | 4pm – 5pm
On this webinar, you will learn about:
Presenters:
Suzanne Treyger, Forest Program Manager, Audubon New York
Eileen Fielding, Sharon Audubon Center Director, Audubon Connecticut
We welcome your invaluable input and active participation in these interactive sessions. Each monthly webinar will be scheduled for one hour and will feature a presentation followed by an open Q&A and exchange session.
Upcoming webinar topics will include:
March – Spring Migration
April – Native Plants and Pollinators
May – Great Lakes – Wetlands Restoration
June – Bird-safe Buildings
Starting March 1,2020,single-use plastic bags are banned, with limited exceptions, in NY State. In addition, businesses will begin collecting a five-cent fee on paper carryout bags in NYC.This fee will not apply to any customers using SNAP or WIC.More
From the Department of Sanitation:
Starting March 1, 2020, single-use plastic bags are banned, with limited exceptions, in New York State. In addition, businesses will begin collecting a five-cent fee on paper carryout bags in New York City. NOTE: This fee will not apply to any customers using SNAP or WIC.
How can I get a free reusable bag?
DSNY is distributing reusable bags across the city. These bags fold into a built-in pouch with a carabiner clip so they’re always handy – and the bags are made of 90% recycled material.
Take the Zero Waste Pledge and get a free reusable bag.
Go to a reusable bag distribution event in your neighborhood.
I’m a business. How do I comply with the plastic bag ban?
Any retailer that is required to collect New York State Sales tax (with limited exceptions) will no longer be able to provide plastic carryout bags. To learn about the exceptions and how to comply, please visit the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
I’m a business. How do I comply with the paper bag fee?
In New York City, all businesses covered by the ban must charge a five-cent ($0.05) fee on paper bags. Please visit the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to learn how to comply.
Why did New York State pass this law?
New York State created a task force that analyzed the impacts of single-use plastic bags and issued the report: An Analysis of the Impacts of Single-Use Plastic Bags.
In New York City, residents use more than 10 billion single-use carryout bags every year and it costs the City more than $12 million annually to dispose of these bags.
Where can I recycle my plastic bags?
New York State’s plastic bag recycling law requires large retailers to take back all types of film plastic for recycling, including single-use plastic bags. Bring your used plastic bags to any participating store for recycling.
The Cadillac of Bathrooms:
From the NYTimes:
(no not SDR Park’s) Greeley Square Park
A curbside kiosk in Midtown Manhattan has rotating toilet seat covers, classical music and an attendant.
The well-appointed bathroom, which reopened recently after a two-and-a-half-year makeover that cost nearly $600,000, sits in Greeley Square Park, on Broadway between 32nd and 33rd Streets, a quick dash from a major subway stop and the New York terminus of the PATH train, which connects Manhattan to New Jersey.
The secret to success?
“The Greeley Square bathroom is open seven days a week, and staffed by an attendant at all times. Its annual operating budget of $245,000 will be paid by the partnership.”
From Council Member Chin’s Newsletter (to get updates directly get info at: https://council.nyc.gov/district-1/#)
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Our second community input gathering meeting will be:
Audubon NY New Demonstration Garden Community Input wanted:
Thursday, February 27 at 6pm
Hear about plans for a new garden space at SDR Park and provide your input and ideas! Landscape architect, Emily Tyrer, will be on hand to start the design discussion. Light refreshments will be served.
BRC Senior Services, Center 30 Delancey St. Sara Roosevelt Park (btw) Chrystie/Forsyth St.
RSVP: Email Richard S.: rsantangelo@audubon.org
