The Voluntary Local Review (VLR) highlights NYC’s sustainable development achievements since 2015. It uses the common language of the Global Goals to translate NYC’s local actions to a global audience, with a focus on the five priority Goals for the 2018 HLPF.
Work has begun on a $300 million project to install new clean-burning co-generation engines at the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in west Harlem. Ground was broken on a $31 million project to bring street and infrastructure improvements to Far Rockaway, Queens.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined other City agencies in responding to the recent steam pipe rupture in Manhattan's Flatiron district. DEP employees participated in the annual NYC Disability Pride Parade, as it has in years past.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced plans for the Kensico-Eastview Tunnel, a $1.2 billion tunneling project that will improve operational reliability of the drinking water supply system.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has completed a $14.5 million infrastructure upgrade project at Baisley Pond Park, Queens, to improve street conditions and prevent flooding.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working toward a goal of managing 1.7 billion gallons of stormwater annually by 2030. DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza was featured in a New York Times article on wastewater management.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) participated in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)'s "A Day in the Life of the Hudson & Harbor" educational event for over 300 public school students.
DFTA has crafted “Plan 2025”, which lays out a blueprint for adding new services, and making
enhancements to or transforming existing services, to respond to the needs of the burgeoning
population of older people.