- Obama Pledges to Push for New Energy Law Amidst Gulf Disaster (Politico)
- But the Climate Bill in Congress Won't Wean Us Off Oil (Takeaway)
- It Looks Like New York State Government Will Make It Through the Day (Post, NY1, NYT)
- Houses Might Be Demolished in Name of BQE 'Modernization' (Bklyn Paper)
- If We Rebuilt the East River Waterfront for Modern Times, Would the FDR Exist? (WNYC)
- 600 NYC Students Rallied at City Hall to Preserve Discount MetroCards (City Room)
- Ben Kabak Ranks MTA Protests: High School Students Top De Blasio
- Erinn Phelan in Vegetative State, Not Expected to Survive February Hit-and-Run (Post)
- More Pedestrian Space Coming to Fort Greene's Fowler Square (Post)
- NYCDOT Testing Out Less Energy-Intensive Asphalt (NY1)
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