Missing the market

The Hunts Point produce co-op supplies more than half of the fruits and vegetables in the city — and its threatened move to New Jersey could be very bad news for independent grocers and restaurants

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Just how much did Sandy pollute city waters?

The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has advised residents to avoid direct contact with the Hudson River, East River, New York Harbor, Jamaica Bay and Kill Van Kull until continued water quality testing by the Department of Environmental Protection deems it safe for recreational use.

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What can the Public Service Commission really do to restore power?

With power outages affecting an estimated two million people in the state on Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of them in New York City, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state Public Service Commission will monitor utility companies’ work to restore service. “On the restoration of power, we’re going to ask the Public Service Commission to […]

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