ALBANY, New York, July 26 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Long Island, New York City Metro, Lower Hudson Valley, and Upper Hudson Valley Regions * New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Dr. James McDonald are issuing an Air Quality Health Advisory for fine particulate matter on Sunday more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * City Officials Urge New Yorkers to Stay Safe During Extreme Heat * July 27, 2025 Cooling Centers Will be Open Across Five Boroughs Call 311 or Visit City's Cool Options Finder to Find Nearest Cooling Center Location, Hours New Yorkers Encouraged to Seek Air-Conditioned Cool Options, Including Public Spaces Like NYC Cooling Centers, or Private Cool Options Such as Homes of Friends or Family NEW YORK - more PR

NEW YORK, July 26 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Burned Amazon Forests Stay Hot and Stressed for Decades, Finds New NASA-Supported Study Research indicates that fire alters tropical forests' ability to tolerate climate stress and store carbon--a crucial role in global climate mitigation. By Rebecca Fowler Forests in the Brazilian Amazon damaged by fire remain about 2.6 C (4.7 F) hotter than neighboring intact or selectivel more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Emergency Executive Order 838 * July 27, 2025 Download WHEREAS, on September 2, 2021, the federal monitor in the Nunez use-of-force class action stated that steps must be taken immediately to address the conditions in the New York City jails; and WHEREAS, on June 14, 2022, the federal court in Nunez approved the Nunez Action Plan, which "represents a way to move forward with concrete measures now to ad more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Emergency Executive Order 839 * July 27, 2025 Download WHEREAS, over the past several months, thousands of asylum seekers have been arriving in New York City, from the Southern border, without having any immediate plans for shelter; and WHEREAS, the City now faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that requires it to take extraordinary measures to meet the immediate needs of the asylum seekers while more PR

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, July 26 -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: * * * Davis Rowe '25 presents research at 2025 SPP meeting at Cornell University By Meghan O'Toole What makes people change their minds? That's the question Davis Rowe '25 set out to explore--and the one that took him to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York this summer to present at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP). Rowe, a philosophy and history major, presented a pr more PR

NEW YORK, July 27 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Mayor Adams Announces Removal of Over 3,000 Illegal Firearms From New York City Streets Since Beginning of 2025 Alone, as Shootings and Shooting Victims Hit New Record Lows * July 27, 2025 Watch the video here at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocDRWD3dWdU Gun Seizures Have Led to Three Consecutive Years of Shooting and Homicide Declines, Shootings Down 54 Percent, Homicides Down 36 Percent Under Adams A more PR

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The New York State Public Service Commission, Albany, is seeking comments from interested parties regarding the long-term gas system plans of the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. dba National Grid NY, KeySpan Gas East Corp. dba National Grid, Hicksville, New York, and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. dba National Grid, Syracuse, New York. This request follows the issuance of a "notice establishing a comment deadline for the review" (Case No. 24-G-0248), issued July 25, 2025. This review  more PR