NewsJustice, Politics New Legislation Seeks to Fix New York City’s Language Access Woes For years, the Arab-American community in New York City has fought for language access in elections. Now, city lawmakers want to take down one language barrier by providing interpreters across select election districts. Richard SalameNovember 29, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Sanitation Salvage, Troubled Garbage Hauler, Surrenders Operating License In a letter sent to New York City regulators, lawyers for the company said it would cease operations “forthwith.” Kiera FeldmanProPublicaNovember 27, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics EPA Plans to Roll Back Water Protections Despite Climate Change Warnings The new rule, based on an executive order Donald Trump issued in February 2017, will likely take federal protections away from tributary rivers, streams, and wetlands that are seasonal and rain-dependent. Sharon LernerThe InterceptNovember 27, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor A Trash Industry Union Thrives, and Employees Say They Are Left Holding the Bag One of the biggest unions in New York’s private garbage industry is run by a man with a long record of run-ins with the authorities, and its vice president is a convicted felon. Many workers say it’s a union in name only. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaNovember 2, 2018
NewsBusiness, Politics Nearly $3M in LLC Campaign Donations Since the NY Primary The lightly regulated machine of LLC campaign donations has continued to pump funds to New York state candidates and political action committees. Jarrett MurphyCity LimitsNovember 2, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health EPA Continues To Approve Toxic PFAS Chemicals Despite Widespread Contamination Since 2002, the agency has allowed 112 new PFAS chemicals to be made or imported in very large quantities. Sharon LernerThe InterceptOctober 25, 2018
NewsHealth, Justice Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Targets Makers of PFAS Chemicals Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont over PFOA, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S. who has PFAS chemicals in their blood. Sharon LernerThe InterceptOctober 6, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health Hurricane Florence Released Tons of Coal Ash in North Carolina, But the Coal Industry Wants Less Regulation Even as coal ash storage basins are leaking massive amounts of pollution in the wake of Hurricane Florence, the coal industry is working on a new strategy to stop federal regulation of this toxic byproduct of coal combustion. Sharon LernerThe InterceptSeptember 28, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Private Trash Haulers Resist New Safety Measures As New York City’s oversight agency moves to have companies regularly report accidents, traffic violations and license suspensions involving their drivers, the haulers push back. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaSeptember 19, 2018
NewsImmigration ‘When I Say I’m Complicit, This Is What I Mean’ When the rules change, where do you draw the line between your moral values and your livelihood? At what point does it become intolerable? Seth Freed WesslerTopicSeptember 9, 2018