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NYC’s First Sustainable Hackathon Creates Green Apps for the City

Are digital apps the secret to a greener New York City? Reinvent Green, the city’s first sustainability hackathon took place last week at NYU-Poly in Downtown Brooklyn, and demonstrated the impact tech talent can make on the city’s mission to go green. Hosted by NYC Digital and the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, which is responsible for implementing PlaNYC, the event called on hundreds of developers and designers to build digital tools and applications with just a 30-hour window. Read on to learn more about some of the innovative apps that were born out of this groundbreaking creative exercise.

BrightFarms Reveals That A&P Will Be Its Retail Partner for Sunset Park’s Massive Rooftop Farm

We’ve been following BrightFarms’ plan to build the world’s largest rooftop farm in Brooklyn, and now they’ve sent us word revealing who their long-term retail partner will be – A&P. The grocery mega-giant (formally known as the Great Atlantic and Pacific

Honest Buildings Adds Another 250,000 NYC Properties to National Website of Building Information

The national online platform Honest Buildings launched in April, and as it seeks to provide a wealth of information about buildings throughout the US, the website has just added a significant amount of New York City’s real estate to it database — 250,000 buildings to