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The federal Environmental Protection Agency has been working to remediate the Gowanus Superfund site while new construction goes up along the canal.

Hazard NYC: Toxic Superfund Sites in the Age of Climate Change

Samantha Maldonado Feb. 19, 2024, 12:20 p.m.Feb. 19, 2024, 12:20 p.m.

An exploration of the past, present and future of four federal Superfund sites and how climate change affects the efforts to clean them up.

A school of fish swim under an oil slick in the Gowanus Canal.

The Scramble to Cleanup the Gowanus Canal, as Housing Boom Looms

Samantha Maldonado Feb. 18, 2024, 9:55 a.m.Feb. 20, 2024, 12:53 p.m.

A fast-growing Brooklyn neighborhood deals with the legacy industrial contamination, ongoing sewage spills, and frequent flooding — all made worse by climate change.

The Environmental Protection Agency fenced off the Wolff-Alport Superfund site in Ridgewood.

Demolishing a Chemical Company’s Radioactive Past in Ridgewood, Queens

Samantha Maldonado Feb. 15, 2024, 4:07 p.m.Feb. 15, 2024, 4:07 p.m.

The feds are moving to clean up a small patch of radiologically contaminated land where the Wolff-Alport Chemical Company supplied material used to develop nuclear weapons.

The Meeker Avenue plume Superfund site covers and industrial and residential part of eastern Greenpoint.

The Meeker Avenue Plume Lurks Beneath North Brooklyn

Samantha Maldonado Feb. 14, 2024, 5:53 p.m.Feb. 14, 2024, 5:53 p.m.

A reservoir of toxic chemicals lies below hundreds of homes in Greenpoint and East Williamsburg. The feds first need to find out if any dangerous fumes have surfaced, but that means getting property owners on board.

Industrial sites sat on the Queens side of Newtown Creek.

Newtown Creek: Four Miles of Polluted Waters at Risk of Flooding

Samantha Maldonado Feb. 14, 2024, 8:29 a.m.Feb. 14, 2024, 8:31 a.m.

More than a decade after the EPA pledged to remedy Newtown Creek’s industrial contamination, the water is still dirty.

Spike in Sewer Backups Leaves New Yorkers in a Soggy Mess, with Long-Term Fixes Years Away

Feb. 8, 2024, 5:01 a.m.Feb. 7, 2024, 6:44 p.m.

New York City is getting rainier and rainier — and its sewer pipes can’t handle it.

Emergency FDNY responders speed through the Financial District, Jan. 4, 2023.

Less Crime, Slower Responses, Greener Parks — the MMR’s Mixed Bag

Jan. 31, 2024, 6:48 p.m.Jan. 31, 2024, 6:48 p.m.

The “Mayor’s Management Report” provides a snapshot of how the city is doing for the regular New Yorker. There’s some good news and some bad news.

Fickle Rainfall Floods Leave NYC Insurance Pilot With No Payouts

Jan. 26, 2024, 4:59 a.m.Jan. 25, 2024, 9:52 p.m.

A program that aimed to get cash to homeowners quickly after floods has not yet made a payout almost a year after it began.

New Climate Projections: NYC Will Keep Getting Hotter and Wetter

Jan. 22, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 24, 2024, 12:58 p.m.

Sea levels could rise by more than a foot in the 2030s, when the city is also expected to be up to 10% rainier and as much as 4.7 degrees hotter.

Matt Doxsey poses for a portrait in his Hamilton Beach home.

Flood Waters Short Circuit Lifts Meant to Keep Elevated Homes Accessible

Jan. 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 24, 2024, 11:00 a.m.

Queens residents with disabilities bemoan steep costs and frustrations when machinery they rely on to enter and exit their raised houses breaks.