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1 day ago

‘Unwholesome Environs of Brooklyn - Views of Newtown Creek’ photographs by Ernest Marx from Harper’s Weekly August 1894.

Big thanks to Andrew Kapochunas for donating this rare print item to NCA.

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Newtown Creek Alliance

3 days ago

Tomorrow night: Superfund
Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

6:30 to 8:30 PM
Swinging Sixties Senior Center
211 Ainslie Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

This meeting will be focused on preparing and refining CAG comments to submit to EPA on its proposed plan for OU2 (regarding the long-term control plan for combined sewer overflows into the Creek.)

Stay posted for the CAGs final comments so you can weigh in yourself!

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Newtown Creek Alliance

3 days ago

Big congrats to NCA board member and #nyceja associate director Annel Hernandez for winning a @rachels_network Catalyst Award. The prize elevates women of color who are building a healthier, safer, and more just world.

Thank you Annel for your commitment to environmental justice and leadership in NYC. Well deserved! ... See MoreSee Less

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Newtown Creek Alliance

2 weeks ago

Today is the last day to comment on a somewhat obscure but largely important proposal that @nysdec is considering to alter water quality classification language. The ruling would essentially WEAKEN protections for water bodies like #newtowncreek for generations to come.

Let DEC know that you want real improvements for our waterway and not ‘watered down’ standards that fail to reduce sewage overflow or protect human and ecological health.

You can help! Email personal comments to wqsrulemakings@dec.ny.gov by midnight tonight. ... See MoreSee Less

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Newtown Creek Alliance

4 weeks ago

2019 Year in Review 3/3: REVITALIZE

We have always believed that the creation and improvement of access to Newtown Creek is fundamental in growing awareness and stewardship. Since 2016 we have increased focus on improving public street end and right-of-way areas through activities like clean-up and/or planting events. In 2019, we signed an MOU with NYC Dept. of Transportation to formalize our role in maintaining and improving a number of these key areas, which still need significant care, planning and ultimate redesign to better address environmental an community needs.

These photos capture just some of our stewardship events from the past year; thanks to all our partners: @laguardiacc @riverkeeper @ecoschoolsnyc @evergreenexchange @nycparks @nyc_dot @wastemanagement ... See MoreSee Less

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