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How the World’s Largest Garbage Dump in Staten Island Became a Green Oasis
Written by Robert Sullivan Photographs by Jade Doskow A little less than two decades ago, the last steaming load of garbage arrived at Fresh Kills Landfill. A packed-high barge turned slowly out of the Arthur Kill — that long, dishwater-brown tidal strait that separates Staten Island from […]
‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural Outside Trump Tower Is Vandalized Multiple Times
Nearly every week since “Black Lives Matter” was painted in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, someone has unloaded a bucket of paint on the giant yellow letters. In one incident, two women shouted “All Lives Matter” as they ran across the three words while […]
Pennsylvania to extend eviction moratorium to Aug. 31
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday extended a statewide moratorium on foreclosures and evictions until Aug. 31, saying renters need more breathing room in the midst of the pandemic. The Wolf administration has been facing growing calls to extend the four-month-old moratorium — which […]