Expanding Green Roofs in NYC: A Dialogue with the City of Copenhagen

NYU School of Law, Furman Hall, Lester Pollack Colloquium 245 Sullivan Street, New York, NY

Green roofs promote a number of New York City’s environmental policy goals. They can cut a building’s electricity demand, filter harmful urban air pollutants including asthma-inducing particulate matter, provide disadvantaged communities with access to green space, and significantly reduce storm water runoff. Yet, despite their great potential, green roofs are still few and far between […]

NYU on NYC: The Future of Our City After COVID

Virtual Webinar

Join leading NYU scholars for a webinar on imagining the future of New York City in a post-COVID world. Please register here. Speakers Ingrid Gould Ellen, Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy & Planning; Faculty Director, Furman Center  Robert L. Hawkins, Assistant Dean & McSilver Associate Professor of Poverty Studies, Silver School of Social Work Eric Klinenberg, Professor […]

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