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The Daily Q: Who let Whole Foods into Brooklyn?

Yesterday, after years of setbacks and heated debate, Whole Foods got a green light from the city to build its first grocery store in Brooklyn. By a 5-0 vote, the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals agreed to grant the upscale grocer an exception from zoning laws to build on the banks of the Gowanus […]

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Could a Tappan Zee Bridge walkway cost more than its economic benefits?

The idea of converting the existing Tappan Zee Bridge into a greenway or walkway — much like the former Poughkeepsie Bridge-turned-Walkway Over the Hudson — has been floated for some time by Greenburgh town supervisor Paul Feiner. During his cabinet meeting yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said the potential of preserving the bridge as an elevated walkway for cyclists and […]

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The Daily Q: What has New York State done to advance fracking technology?

What has New York State done to advance fracking technology? In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for a renewed role for government in advancing economic growth and new technologies. His example of a success story? Hydraulic fracturing – the process of extracting natural gas from rock formations through the injection of […]

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