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dinsdag 13 augustus 2024
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Dear New Yorkers,
It was the midst of a July heat wave, with humidity sticky in the air. Phoebe Saldana sat in the colorful plaza of her East Harlem housing complex, watching her two young daughters ride scooters and climb on workout equipment.
They were getting some playtime outside before returning to the cool respite of their two-bedroom apartment. To Saldana, 37, the air conditioning was a godsend.
“We were living with no air conditioner for a long time,” said Saldana, who moved in from a Brooklyn shelter. “It’s amazing.”
Saldana lives in Sendero Verde, a 709-unit complex that houses low-income and formerly homeless individuals. Completed in April, it’s the largest certified passive-house building in the United States, and its champions say it can serve as a model as cities and states seek to tackle both the housing crisis and the climate crisis.
Spurred by both government incentives and mandates to build greener, such projects offer comfortable, healthy environments to residents often most vulnerable to the effects of a warming planet.
Read more here about Sendero Verde. This is the first story in THE CITY's ongoing collaboration with the Guardian to report on housing and the environment.
Tuesday's Weather Rating: 9/10. THE VIBES STAY HIGH! Another very nice day with high temperatures in the low 80s, comfortable dew points and a great breeze. A few clouds move in during the afternoon, but we're not complaining. The vibes are very good out there!
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Following a review by THE CITY that revealed New York City workers were more likely to be injured on the job during hot weather, the state Department of Labor on Monday issued guidance to employers on ways to protect workers from effects of extreme heat. The new state guidance is part of an extreme heat resource guide that makes good on an item from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State book, which cited THE CITY’s review of two decades of Workers Compensation Board data.
The FDNY has a new commissioner. Yesterday, Mayor Eric Adams swore in the city’s 35th fire commissioner: Robert S. Tucker, a longtime businessman and FDNY supporter who promised to protect firefighters — even as the mayor remarked on “flames” that need fighting inside the department.
On the latest episode of FAQ NYC, the hosts of the New Yorkest podcast takes a minute to shout out The New Yorker article about them and the mayor — then get down to business including another week of brutal headlines about Mayor Eric Adams’ friends in the NYPD brass, why most New Yorkers don’t care about that news, and much more. Listen here.
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Reporter's Notebook
More Media Jobs Lost
The city’s struggling information sector suffered another blow Monday when the radio company Audacy announced it would end the all-news station WCBS 880 and transfer the frequency to ESPN, which will turn it into an all-sports station.
WCBS 880 pioneered the all-news format, which it has broadcast for almost 60 years. The move leaves another Audacy station, now called 1010 WINS All-News 92.3 FM, as the only all-news station, though its approach is more headline driven and without national CBS radio broadcasts. In a statement, Audacy said the changing economics of the news business made continuing two all-news stations impossible.
Since peaking in the fall of 2022, 34,000 jobs have disappeared in the information sector – which includes publishing, film and TV production, broadcasting and digital content, as well as streaming and podcasting and telecommunications — and where the average salary is $193,000. While Audacy didn’t give a figure on the number of positions to be eliminated at WCBS, insiders say they expect most anchors, producers and assistants to lose their jobs. Reporters who already file stories for both Audacy stations are expected to keep their jobs.
— Greg David
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Wednesday, Aug. 14: Gallery talks about artworks in the Decorative Arts and Design collection by teen museum staff. Free from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum.
Wednesday, Aug. 14: A Chalk Day event for kids and families, featuring music, chalk art and more. Free from 3 to 5 p.m. in the play area of Matthews Muliner Playground in The Bronx.
Wednesday, Aug. 14: A Japanese Yosakoi dance class, which is part of the Queensboro Dance Festival’s “Dancing Around the World’s Boro” series. Free from 6 to 7 p.m. at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens.
JPMorganChase is creating 8,000 construction jobs and adding $2.6 billion to New York City’s economy by building its new 60-story headquarters in Midtown. Set to be completed next year, the new skyscraper will be home to over 10,000 local employees.
As one of the city’s largest private employers, JPMorganChase is making a long-term investment in New York and continuing to help fuel the local economy through both business and community investments.
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