Sanitation Department Adds 200 ‘Smart Bins’ in NYC’s Latest Composting Expansion
The Sanitation Department installed approximately 200 new compost “Smart Bins” in early 2023, up from just 30 launched as part of a pilot program in December 2021.
Organic waste collection has become a growing priority as the city seeks to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, though its composting efforts have been rolled out in fits and starts over the last decade. Environmental advocates and some lawmakers continue to push for mandatory, citywide composting collection, following in the footsteps of cities like San Francisco and Boulder, CO.
“For me, I never composted before, and it pushed me to do it,” one smart-bin user in Queens told City Limits . “So I wonder if it’s done the same for other people.”
Hochul’s ‘Cap-and-Invest’ Climate Plan Stirs Skepticism From Environmentalists & Polluters Alike The program will charge companies for carbon pollution and introduce a novel rebate initiative that promises to distribute $1 billion to New Yorkers. But environmentalists say its success will rest on how exactly the state designs the program, to ensure it doesn’t allow companies to essentially pay to pollute without meaningfully lowering emissions. Read the story.
NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 19-26 The latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Read the story.
PODCAST: ¿Cómo se organizó la primera asociación de vendedores ambulantes en la plaza Corona? Poco después del retraso administrativo, un grupo de vendedores ambulantes formó la primera Asociación de Vendedores Ambulantes en la plaza Corona, en Queens, Nueva York. Hannah Bottum, estudiante de periodismo de la Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York (o CUNY como se le conoce por sus siglas en inglés), ha seguido a estos vendedores y ha preparado este episodio especial sobre sus historias. Leer el artículo.
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Opinion: LaSalle’s Defenders Are Wrong—The Court of Appeals is Political “The notion of the law as something outside of politics has surely been put to rest by the recent Supreme Court confirmation processes and the right-wing decisions of that Court. Most Americans now agree: the nation’s highest court is in fact a political body.”Read the story.
The Chief Operating Officer/Chief Administrative Officer (COO/CAO) will be responsible for overseeing the Operations, Administrative and IT activities of Anthos|Home. The position requires strong, well developed operational, technical, and administrative skills. The ideal candidate will also have an adeptness and savvy with knowledge of government funding and reimbursement, and organization leadership abilities.
Social Work Positions at Brooklyn Community Services
BCS strengthens communities by fostering the educational success of children, the leadership development of youth, the employment and housing stability of adults, the advancement of individuals living with disabilities, and the empowerment of seniors and families. The organization will host a career fair on Jan. 19 to help fill several open social worker roles.
Emergency Grants Associate at MADRE
MADRE is an international women's human rights organization and feminist fund that partners with community-based women's groups in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East who face war and humanitarian disasters. The Emergency Grants Associate will provide rapid response funding and other support to frontline women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and local partner organizations under threat or attack because of their work to promote and protect human rights.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Grantmaking and Partnerships, the Associate Director of Grantmaking will be part of the Grantmaking and Partnerships team. It will lead all aspects of our long-term intersectional feminist grant-making by supporting existing partners, identifying new partners, recommending strategy and grant amounts, and collaborating with other members of the Grantmaking and Partnerships team to incorporate an intentional decolonizing philanthropic lens across all our work.
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