Hilary Howard

Much of the rainfall came in an intense 20-minute period in the afternoon, officials said. A record two inches fell at LaGuardia Airport.

A housing and infrastructure plan has been proposed to address longstanding problems in the Hole, a poor and flood-prone area on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, which would deliver natural gas into the New York City area, has been shot down three times because of environmental concerns. Supporters hope the fourth time is the charm.

With the United Nations session kicking off Monday, the city is closing some streets and stepping up police presence. It is usually one of the slowest weeks for traffic in Midtown.

These days, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens is swarmed with fans and stars. For the rest of the year, the grounds are an oasis of calm.

New Jersey officials are tinkering with the state’s ambitious climate regulations amid a housing crisis. Activists say that economically vulnerable residents could suffer.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, has vowed to strictly enforce the measure, Local Law 97, which calls for potentially expensive upgrades to buildings to curb greenhouse emissions.

The chemical company was one of four businesses that contaminated the water supply in the upstate New York community. Residents have fought for nearly a decade for a settlement.

A 15-year-old boy could be the latest victim of subway surfing, a dangerous practice of riding on the roofs of train cars that has lured New York City youth for decades.

Climate change is increasingly making weather extremes more common.

The agency that runs the highway said it was switching to another company to provide chargers that work for electrical vehicles other than just Teslas.

Two New York men who bonded over bird-watching at the Central Park Reservoir are united in their efforts to save the nests of its resident Canada geese.

A 19-year-old was accused of lighting a bonfire and leaving before it was extinguished, sparking one of the largest blazes in the state in decades.

The program, which has already rolled out in Queens, requires residents to separate food scraps and yard waste from their trash. Brooklyn is next.

The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.

A new environmental report finds that rising salt levels in New York City’s water supply could make some of it undrinkable by the turn of the century.

The utility that serves New York City and Westchester County has filed a request to raise its rates to help pay for the shift to cleaner energy, sparking dismay among residents.

Emboldened by President Trump, West Virginia and other states are challenging a law that makes corporate polluters pay for past emissions.

Preliminary data from the first few weeks of New York City’s tolling plan show a possible uptick in traffic in the neighborhood.

Community solar projects allow subscribers to benefit from the renewable energy source even without installing solar panels.