Newsletter of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office. The City's EEO Policy was created to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment by ensuring that all workplaces in city agencies are free of illegal discrimination and harassment.
This report highlights similarities and differences among US-born, Caribbean-born, African-born, and other foreign-born New Yorkers with regard to health behaviors and outcomes, including smoking, alcohol consumption, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and asthma. Additionally, health behaviors and outcomes were analyzed by socioeconomic status within each of these groups.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection's recreational boating program enabled 1,668 boats to be taken onto reservoirs, an increase of 14 percent from the previous year. The Marine Operations division was presented with a portal window from the decommissioned M/V Newtown Creek sludge boat, which was sunk off Pompano Beach, Florida. Around 50 educators participated in a watershed tour and learned about water supply, forestry and streams.
This is a monthly puzzle sent out to city employees via email. Each month presents a new ethics-related contest. One randomly selected winner receives a de minimis prize from the training & Education Unit.