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Queens Library Energy Efficiency Workshop - Long Island City

Event on August 11, 2011

At this FREE workshop, homeowners will learn about energy-saving tips, energy efficiency, and residential renewable energy incentives.

Homeowners can bring 12 months of utility bills from either ConEd or National Grid, and Senior Energy Smart Communities Coordinator Jay-E Emmingham will help them fill out applications for free or low-cost energy audits offered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

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Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 6:30pm
40-20 Broadway, Long Island City, NY

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Inclusionary Zoning

Past Project last updated April 29, 2009

Brad Lander at the IZ Press Conference

A Powerful Tool for the Creation of Affordable Housing

During his first term in office, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced expansive plans to rezone more than twenty New York City communities – including the Far West Side of Manhattan, Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Long Island City, and parts of the South Bronx. As originally proposed, the plans were poised to generate more than 50,000 new units of housing, almost all of them for rent or sale at market rates. 

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Transportation Equity Atlas Debuts

News last updated October 6, 2010

The Pratt Center has just released the Transportation Equity Atlas, a collection of downloadable maps showing commuting patterns and the length of rides to work for residents of a dozen low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in New York City, from East Flatbush to East Elmhurst to Washington Heights. The Atlas also shows where workers at major employment centers in the boroughs live, and how they get to work.

The Transportation Equity Atlas arrives just as the MTA announces fare hikes that add to the burden borne by low-income riders, who have already suffered the brunt of recent cutbacks in service.

Based on 2000 U.S. Census data, the Transportation Equity Atlas shows that even when the transit system had more frequent and extensive service, riders in the Atlas neighborhoods endured extremely long commutes to work. For example, more than half of subway riders in Soundview, in the Bronx, had rides of one hour or more.

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