To the chagrin of some environmentalists, Joel Miele, the
Giuliani administration’s confrontational Department of Environmental
Protection commissioner, has been quietly lobbying to keep his job when
Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg takes office on Jan. 1, according to
administration sources. Those efforts have set off alarm bells in the
environmental community, which is preparing a major effort Read More
New York City’s water system is in “critical condition,”
with leaks, erosion, contamination and incompetence threatening drinking water
quality and delivery, a report by an environmental group claims.
The report by Riverkeeper Inc., released on July 25, says
the city’s water system may have been contaminated by mercury and other toxins,
and that an Read More
Every day, tens of thousands of New Yorkers walk and ride above a 48-inch-wide Victorian-era water main that runs beneath the west side of Fifth Avenue, oblivious to the fact that this big cast-iron pipe under their feet is a brittle relic that has exploded in spectacular fashion three times in the last 11 years. Read More
