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The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 2nd indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 20 billion cubic feet to 1,784 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 235 billion cubic feet, or 11.6% below the 2,019 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 2nd of last year, and 36 billion cubic feet, or 1.3% below the five-year average of 1,808 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 2nd of April in recent years....the 20 billion cubic feet that were added to U...

Stringer helps organize Ramadan food bank to provide access to free halal meals Updated 2:15 PM; Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A city-wide food bank program will offer free access to halal meals for the holy month of Ramadan, including at a site in New Brighton. City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who is also running for mayor, organized the program in partnership with local elected officials, Muslim community leaders, and hunger relief organizations, according to a media release from Stringer’s office. The will be calling the program “Iftar on the Go” — named for the after-sun...

NYC mayoral candidates weigh in on changing unfair property tax system that burdens poor and middle-class neighborhoods Shant Shahrigian, Michael Gartland © He, Gary Brownstones on Greene Ave. in Brooklyn. Depending on your zip code, you may pay far more, or far less, for a home than someone with a similar dwelling in a different part of town. For years, New York City’s property tax system has come under fire because homeowners in poor and middle-class neighborhoods often pay more than people who own more valuable homes in tonier parts of town. Mayor de Blasio, who owns t...

Will pop-up Dumpster pools return to NYC streets this summer? By FOX 5 NY Staff Published  article Dumpsters repurposed as mini-pools on Park Avenue during Summer Streets in August 2010. (Courtesy of NYC Transportation Department) NEW YORK -  One candidate for mayor wants to win the hearts and minds of New Yorkers by giving fun, quirky things to do in the streets: like go for a dip inside a Dumpster. City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a plan for what he calls Summer in the City, which would have the city install pop-up pools in neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by heat and ...

Photo Courtesy of Andrew Cashin/MTA Comptroller Stringer is urging the MTA to ensure that the contractors providing subway cleaning services are paying prevailing wages and benefits to their employees. By Michael V. Cusenza City Comptroller Scott Stringer recently sent a letter to Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman & CEO Patrick Foye urging the MTA to ensure that the contractors providing subway cleaning services are paying prevailing wages and benefits to their employees. Highlighting concerns that these workers are not being paid what they are owed under the law, Comptroller�...