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This weekend is your chance to dispose of that pine tree dropping needles all over your apartment, and turn it into mulch that helps plants in our public parks. (See adorable video here.) The city’s parks department is hosting its annual Mulchfest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Click through for the details. Bring your holiday tree to one of the designated parks to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city or your own garden! This year, we are encouraging all New York households to help the environment and the community by bringing their trees to ou...

Rutgers Street near South Street. Here’s our Monday morning status report on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the Lower East Side and a rundown of resources available as New Yorkers recover from the devastating storm.  We already reported the latest on Con Ed’s efforts to restore steam-powered heat and hot water to thousands of apartments downtown.  School is back in session today (without heat in many locations), the F train is finally running again and most businesses and non-profit organizations have reopened. Even as the massive recovery effort continues, city officials are refoc...

shutdown. congress has until friday to reach a deal on federal spending levels off the government will be forced to stop running completely. last night, john boehner said it shouldn't come to that. house republicans will propose a temporary plan to keep the government operating for two weeks after the friday deadline. short-term plan will give the democratically controlled senate more time to work out a full blown spending bill. secretary of state hillary clinton is in geneva for talks about libya today. the u.s. stands ready to help the opposition and trying to get countries to supp...