Poliovirus has been detected in wastewater samples in New York City, ... In Battery Park City, it’s 58%. In Bedford-Stuyvesant/Ocean Hill/Brownsville, it’s 58.4%.

More than half of all East Coast beaches had potentially unsafe levels of fecal contamination at least once in 2024, ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) – City officials are asking New Yorkers to stay away from the Hudson River because partially treated sewage has leaked into surrounding water, Westchester County ...

New York City’s sewer system is built for the rain of the past—when a notable storm might have meant 1.75 inches of water an hour. It wasn’t built to handle the rainfall from Hurricane Irene ...

Dr. Waldman is a professor of biology at Queens College and the author of “Heartbeats in the Muck: The History, Sea Life, and Environment of New York Harbor.” Fifty years ago, Congress voted ...

A small diving group in New York City is trying to do its part in undoing the pollution threatening the oceans and aquatic wildlife Bobby Caina Calvan , Ted Shaffrey Sunday 01 October 2023 05:05 BST ...