On June 11, the New York City Council’s Committee on Land Use held a hearing on Council Member Rafael Espinal's bill calling for the development of an urban agricultural plan.
After years of neglect and abuse, locals and community volunteers of Goodwin Place have come together and transformed a derelict Bushwick park space into the Good Life Garden.
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir are bringing their unique brand of activist gospel performance to Lot 45 (411 Troutman St, Bushwick) this coming Thursday in a benefit for EcoStation:NY
Increasing affordable housing and creating community green space are both laudable goals to pursue in the ongoing evolution of NYC's neighborhoods, but a recent decision from city hall to invite developers to turn community gardens across the city into construction sites for new affordable housing seems to pit the two objectives against each other