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 NRDC Press Archive: New York's Green Apples, Bad Apples: NRDC Earth Day Picks 2005
The MTA's New York City Transit -- which had delayed for eight years converting the Manhattanville depot to accommodate cleaner natural gas buses - entered into negotiations with the group West Harlem Environmental Action in an effort to resolve the Northern Manhattan bus depot problems.
Governor George Pataki, the MTA and transit bus operators could invite northern Manhattan community leaders back to the negotiating table to develop a comprehensive plan for cleaning up the MTA depots.
Diesel Pollution Hotspots: Northern Manhattan Bus Depots and Major Construction Sites
www.nrdc.org /media/pressreleases/050422.asp   (3635 words)

  
 State Health
When Manhattanville dumps its diesels, its neighbors and the borough will enjoy thousands of miles of soot-free bus travel each year.
The Borough President looks forward to continuing to work with the MTA and New York City Transit on the capital budget, design and construction issues related to converting Manhattanville to CNG.
Manhattan is the home for seven MTA bus depots -- five of which are in Northern Manhattan-- and, with the continuing astounding growth in bus ridership due to new fare policies, there is an ongoing need for the MTA to expand and complete its replacement of diesel technology.
www.cvfieldsmbp.org /policy_state_health.html   (6864 words)

  
 Manhattan College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It became known as Manhattan College in 1863 and moved to its present location in Riverdale in 1922 as it outgrew its facilities in Manhattanville.
When the need to expand forced them from Lower Manhattan, the College moved to 131st Street and Broadway, in the Manhattanville section of Harlem.
Manhattan College is a Catholic college in the Lasallian tradition in New York City.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manhattan_College   (461 words)

  
 Manhattanville faculty seek justice; Pay and governance issues dominate in union drive - 3.14.2001 - New York Teacher -
The Manhattanville administration's challenge stems from a 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision that faculty members at Yeshiva University in the Bronx could not unionize because they were "managers" with input into running the college.
Now Manhattanville faculty are on their way to a unionization vote later this year.
Female faculty members at Manhattanville College in Purchase, Westchester County, seemed to lag behind in salary.
www.nysut.org /newyorkteacher/2000-2001/010314manhattanville.html   (973 words)

  
 nyctrans.txt
But for other 9 residents living near northern Manhattan, bus depots, 10 black soot against their windows makes its way indoors 11 to mix with indoor air allergens, which are significant 12 triggers for those with asthma or respiratory illness.
There 18 1 are four Metropolitan Transit Authority depots in 2 Queens, four in Brooklyn, one in the Bronx, and eight 3 in Manhattan.
These are three new "virtual" 16 depots that will have no city or state oversight, no 17 permits to operate, and no enforcement.
www.epa.gov /OMS/regs/fuels/diesel/nyctrans.txt   (16850 words)

  
 NRDC: Smoke Out: Three Measures for Cleaning Up Diesel Air Pollution in New York City
To underscore their commitment to resolving the decades-long concerns about diesel bus pollution in Harlem and other uptown communities, Governor Pataki and the MTA announced this plan at the Manhattanville bus depot, slated to be the only Manhattan CNG bus depot in the fleet.
The MTA should continue its impressive progress toward its 1997 and 2000 clean-fuel bus commitments and work with community leaders to develop a mitigation plan for its northern Manhattan bus depots.
Indeed, standing behind a city bus or diesel truck in New York City may be more dangerous than standing in front of one, as earlier NRDC advertisements on the back of New York City buses read.
www.nrdc.org /air/transportation/psmoke.asp   (3780 words)

  
 Hybrid Vehicles Allergy news
Backed by Governor George Pataki's office, the deal pegged the Manhattanville bus depot at 133rd St. and Broadway as the most likely site, although left the site open for negotiation.
According to Swati Prakash, environmental health director for West Harlem Environmental Action, the negotiation process began to falter around 2003, the year New York City Transit opened a new depot at 100th Street and closed one of its two remaining depots in Lower Manhattan.
So far, New York City Transit has already seen delivery on its first major order of 125 hybrid buses and is slated to have at least 325 operating on Manhattan streets by the end of the year.
www.alleblo.com /node/5758   (1924 words)

  
 Manhattanville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manhattanville is the part of Manhattan in New York City bordered on the south by Morningside Heights on the west by the Hudson river, on the east by Harlem and on the north by Washington Heights.
Aside from Grant's Tomb at the southwestern corner, the principal landmarks in Manhattanville are the elevated section of the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line and the elevated Riverside Drive viaduct.
It was also the home of Manhattanville College Like Harlem, it was rural until the construction of the elevated railway providing rapid transit downtown.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manhattanville   (226 words)

  
 Welcome to Manhattan College
· Manhattan College· Riverdale, NY 10471 718-862-8000 / 1-800-MC2-XCEL
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www.manhattan.edu   (26 words)

  
 Buses - Wired New York Forum
The 36 bus corridors being evaluated are distributed across the five boroughs: 12 in Queens, 8 in Brooklyn, 6 in Manhattan, 6 in the Bronx and 4 on Staten Island.
Bus rapid transit routes are usually straight, with few turns, and are best suited for long, wide boulevards.
When bus rapid transit is finally in place, the changes will probably include designated bus lanes that will not compete with parked cars for space.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6010&goto=nextnewest   (2181 words)

  
 Carla Zanoni--Columbia Spectator Clips
The MTA says that the Manhattanville bus depot's placement in upper Manhattan has nothing to do with racism, and that five depots' placement in the neighborhood came long before the agency's involvement.
Now, the same officials are seeking board approval to end the bus depot's involvement in the New York City Clean Fuel Bus Plan.
WE ACT has filed a complaint against the MTA over the distribution of diesel bus depots, citing findings that Harlem children are three times more likely to have asthma than children living in the Upper West Side.
www.carlazanoni.com /Spec.html   (7821 words)

  
 History of Manhattanville
Through the successful pursuit of our mission, we at Manhattanville believe that good human values will be fostered, respect for one's self and for others will be encouraged, and graduates, by virtue of their education and their vision, will be enabled to assist and improve the world.
In 1841 in a three-story house on Houston Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the Academy of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic boarding school for girls, was founded.
www.mville.edu /about/history.html   (461 words)

  
 Local News Briefs
But the jury found that the Transit Authority had retaliated against him because from early 1993 through 1994, Ward complained to several layers of management that the Manhattanville Depot manager, Patrick Curran, abused employees and interfered with depot operations.
Ward was a bus driver and dispatcher in Manhattan for 25 years, until he was fired in March 1995.
Francis Ward was awarded the compensatory damages by an eight-member federal jury that heard testimony during a week-long trial before U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr.
www.recordonline.com /1998/08/12/atrs12.htm   (1193 words)

  
 Westchester Co. Weekly Annual Manual '98 Transportation Services
Services: Provides door-to-door service from Metro-North stations and the White Plains bus depot to corporate sites along Westchester Avenue, West Red Oak Lane, Manhattanville Road, Purchase Street, Taxter Road and Route 119, as well as The Westchester County Medical Center.
Loop E -- Manhattanville Road at Purchase Street, 100 Manhattanville Rd., Centre at Purchase, Mastercard, Texaco.
Areas Served: Westchester, Rockland, Manhattan, The Bronx and Putnam County with over 60 routes.
personals.westchesterweekly.com /anman98/14w.html   (1810 words)

  
 GreenHomeNYC: Environmental Justice - July 21, 2004
WE ACT, now in its 16th year of operation was founded in response to the siting of the North River Sewage Treatment Plant and the Manhattanville Bus Depot in Harlem in the early nineties to act as a champion for the community to ease their disproportionate environmental burden.
Within its 7.5-mile area populated by half a million residents, there are six bus depots out of the seven total in Manhattan, the city’s largest sewage treatment plant, and miles of highway.
However, the type of investment is not the wanted type, but rather facilities that increase the environmental burden on residents, such as highways, bus shelters, and sewage treatment plants.
www.greenhomenyc.org /page/forum0407   (1400 words)

  
 WebGIS - MapID: 08
Like the Amsterdam Diesel Bus Depot, the Manhattanville Diesel Bus Depot is located in Manhattan Community Board 9.
This community board is comprised of 80.5% People of Color and 19.5% White according to the 1990 US Census STF-1B.
www.weact.org /gis/data/webgismap08.html   (61 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Morningside Heights, New York (NY) - (neighborhood) - Facts and Information
Riverside Park along the Hudson (W) and Morningside Park (E), N of 110th St.; 40°49'N 73°57'W. Manhattanville sect.
Morningside Heights, section of the W side of Manhattan borough of N.Y. city, SE N.Y., lying bet.
Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/M/M10506-morningside-heights.html   (61 words)

  
 GEOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PLANNING OF THE SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY ALIGNMENT IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK
The study area demonstrates the significant effects of two major structural features: the Cameron Thrust Fault to the east (outside project boundaries) and the Manhattanville-125th Street Fault, which obliquely cuts across Upper Manhattan (NW-SE), between 125th Street (west side) and 94th to 96th Streets (east side).
The proposed Second Avenue Subway project of New York City Transit (MTA) includes 8.5 miles of tunnels with 16 stations between 128th St. in the north to Hanover Square (Water Street) in the south, mostly along Second Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.
The area is primarily comprised of the Manhattan Schist and Inwood Marble (dolomitic marble and calcareous schists) within the Manhattan Formation.
gsa.confex.com /gsa/2004NE/finalprogram/abstract_70953.htm   (61 words)

  
 Morningside Heights - New York City Neighborhood - NYC
Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights, West Harlem, and Manhattanville
: A volunteer community-based coalition of residents and institutions dedicated to preserving and improving one of Manhattan's most important historic parks.
There are few recent conversions in the area—not counting the twelve-story faculty-housing-and-prep-school complex Columbia is building on 110th Street and the post-doc housing that’s springing up at 103rd and Broadway.
www.newyorkmetro.com /realestate/articles/neighborhoods/morningside.htm   (535 words)

  
 100th Street Bus Depot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This depot replaced 4 displaced bus routes that came from the Michael J. Quill and Manhattanville bus depots, Michael J. Quill: M86, M102 and Manhattanville: M101, M103 due to the closure of the Hudson Pier depot and its former routes going to the 2 depots.
The 100 Street Bus Depot is part of the Manhattan Division of bus depots in MTA New York City Transit buses.
The rather large 100th Street Bus Depot is located at East 100th Street and Lexington Avenue, in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/100_Street_Bus_Depot   (366 words)

  
 Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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U.S. Naval Academy Museum - established in 1845, is the undergraduate college for the Navy and this is the museum.
www.tvnc.ca /college/Massachusetts+Maritime+Academy   (366 words)

  
 Press Release Archive
Fields Hails Decision To Fund Manhattanville -But Raises Concerns About The Amount Of Time Renovations Would Take-
Fields And Michels, Call On Mayor To Fund Manhattanville Health Clinic In His 2002 Capital Budget
Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields Opposes 100th Street Bus Depot
www.cvfieldsmbp.org /press_room.htm   (3394 words)

  
 Gary's Guide - New York City
North of Central Park to about West 180th Street you have Harlem, Manhattanville, and East Harlem, ethnically rich and diverse neighborhoods, with large African-American and Hispanic populations.
South of East 14th Street, where Manhattan bulges a bit to the east, you have, from First Avenue east: Avenue A, Avenue B, Avenue C, and Avenue D. This area is known as "Alphabet City" for obvious reasons.
The previous tallest structure was the spire of Trinity Church in Manhattan, which still stands today at the end of Wall Street.
members.aol.com /gmking79/html/guidenyc.htm   (3394 words)

  
 Marymount Manhattan: Bedford Hills College Program (BHCP)
The program continues to be supported by the talents and resources of this consortium of colleges, including: Bank Street College, Barnard College, Manhattanville College, Marymount Tarrytown, at Fordham University, Mercy College, Metropolitan College, Pace University and Sarah Lawrence College.
Through the Bedford Hills College Program, Marymount Manhattan College offers non-credited College-preparatory courses and credit-bearing courses leading to Associate of Arts degrees in Social Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a New York State maximum-security prison for women.
Visits to the facility must be arranged in advance through both Marymount Manhattan College and the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
marymount.mmm.edu /study/resources/specialprograms/bhcp.html   (620 words)

  
 College Corner
Sophomores Ryan Haney and Zach Wolf scored second-half goals to help lead the New York University menÿs soccer team to a 3-2 comeback victory over Manhattanville College on Saturday, September, 14th, at Riverbank State Park in Manhattan.
Carrie Rosenthal, an eight year veteran of the Manhattan Soccer Club (most recently a defender for the RedLegs) is a freshman playing at Macalester College.
NEW LONDON, CT. -- The Connecticut College Camels (0-4-1) and the Coast Guard Bears (2-2-1) battled to a 1-1 tie on Wednesday afternoon in New London.
www.manhattansc.org /ccorner.htm   (620 words)

  
 Manhattanville College
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Manhattan will award its annual Roger E. Joseph prize posthumously to Father Judge at its ordination ceremony tomorrow, citing his "courage in carrying out his Manhattan ministry in a manner unprecedented in its breadth and diversity."
Von Essen's speech will focus on Father Judge, who will receive an honorary degree posthumously.
"Father Judge died doing what he believed in, and if that message gets across, it will be a wildly successful day."
www.mville.edu /news/MEDIA_MAY02_Commencement.HTML   (723 words)

  
 Obituaries
After finishing high school at the Venard she attended Maryknoll Teachers College from 1935 to 1937 and Manhattanville College from 1937 to 1939, earning her BA in philosophy.
She was born in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan on the 6th of March, 1912, the youngest of four boys and four girls born to Mary Ann Bader and Joseph Devlin.
From 1950 through 1968, Agnes was known as one of two “Maryknoll Chinese Sisters” in Transfiguration Parish in Manhattan.
www.northcountynews.com /archives_2003/2-26-03/obits.htm   (2105 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: City College of New York
In 1953, it bought the campus of the Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart (which on a 1913 map was shown as The Convent of the Sacred Heart), which added a south section to the campus.
The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville campus, Reid Hall (1864), is named after Whitelaw Reid owner of the New York Tribune.
Upper New York Bay is surrounded by Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and is connected by the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island to Lower New York Bay, which is partially surrounded by Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and opens to the Atlantic Ocean.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/City-College-of-New-York   (1137 words)

  
 City College of New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
City College was originally situated in downtown Manhattan, then moved to its current location in upper Manhattan village of Manhattanville in 1906, when the classical neo-Gothic campus was erected.
City College was originally founded as the Free Academy of the City of New York in 1847 by Townsend Harris to provide children of the poor and immigrants access to higher education.
City College's campus is on a hill overlooking Harlem; its impressive neo-Gothic campus was mostly designed by George B. Post, and many of its buildings are landmarks.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/City_College_of_New_York   (1323 words)

  
 music colleges in new york
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