New York City’s eight million residents and skyscrapers, built on one of the world’s largest natural harbors, have made the country’s largest city one of the most polluted. Air pollution is a leading environmental threat to the health of the city’s residents. But a New York nonprofit, ioby, has helped 101 urban projects raise a total of $174,618 to make New York a greener, more sustainable and healthier place to live.
