There are just 25 electric taxis operating in a city with 13,587 yellow cabs. But many more are expected as New York moves toward zero-emission vehicles amid growing concerns over climate change and pollution.
Nine years after Hurricane Sandy, residents of Lower Manhattan are still vulnerable to rising seas. The fight over a plan to protect them reveals why progress on our most critical challenges is so hard.
More than a dozen people were rescued from a flooded highway in the Bronx, and more rain was expected on Friday with the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa.
