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His bosses have often paid him and the other carwash workers less than minimum wage and have cheated them on overtime pay, Mr. Nicolas said. The workers, he said, are not provided with protective gear but are forced to use caustic cleaners that burn their eyes and noses. Community organizers say these kinds of violations [...]

The legacy of the 2006 blackout that crippled parts of western Queens for days is being forged in some unusual environmentally friendly ways. Discarded cooking oil, once dumped into city sewers, is being shipped off to a recycling plant where it is transformed into bio fuel. Concrete has been chipped away to allow planting of [...]