Happy Monday in New York, where I know what you’re thinking: sure, all that celebration of film at the Oscars last night was fun, but what does it have to do with the city I love?

It was a step back from the limelight for New York City this year after the 2025 ceremony, when “Anora,” which takes place in South Brooklyn, won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. This year’s NYC flick, “Marty Supreme,” was nominated for nine awards last night — including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor — but left without any hardware. 

In addition to “Marty Supreme,” there were three other Oscar-nominated films that took part in New York’s film tax credit program, which incentivizes producers to shoot in the city. Of the three — “The Smashing Machine,” “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and “Weapons” — only the latter was recognized last night, when Amy Madigan took home the award for Best Supporting Actress. (Though Brooklyn took home one statuette last night, we have more on that below.)

The state’s tax credit program has come under fire for costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars per year, with many opponents calling the program unnecessary, since filmmakers will always be drawn to New York City’s iconic locations and deep talent pool. However, many legislators point out that huge tax subsidies in states like Georgia inevitably draw production away from the city, and argue the state’s incentives are necessary to keep the millions of dollars in local production spending and tens of thousands of union jobs in New York.

A spokesperson for Empire State Development, the department that disburses the tax credit, told City & State that the four Oscar-nominated movies that filmed in New York this year spent over $95 million and created nearly 3,000 jobs.

Money and jobs are all well and good, but I think I speak for all New Yorkers when I say: Bring home the statuettes.

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.

Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of food waste are discarded each year, of which about 37 million metric tons end up buried in landfills. Once underground, that organic material breaks down without oxygen and releases methane, a short-lived yet powerful greenhouse gas. At the same time, the nutrients and energy stored in that food are permanently lost. But there is a better way. 

Read on to learn how sewage plants can help in the fight against climate change.

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