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Get ready for an action-packed day advocating for the future of Newtown Creek! Newtown Creek Alliance, North Brooklyn Community Boathouse (NBCB), and Riverkeeper are teaming up for a hands-on event centered around the EPA’s Proposed Early Action Cleanup of the East Branch tributary of Newtown Creek. This is the first proposed Superfund cleanup of our waterway and we are concerned that the plan doesn’t go far enough to protect long term human and ecological health. What are the exact issues, and how do we propose improving the plan? Come find out!
Join us for our annual celebration of Newtown Creek! Bringing together community members, local businesses, and long-time champions of the Creek, Tidal Toast is an evening of inspiration and impact.
We are thrilled to celebrate the 2024 Restore, Reveal, and Revitalize Honorees Randy Austin, Shino Tanikawa, and Tri-Lox, for their amazing work as environmental stewards of Newtown Creek and the local community.
In the context of Newtown Creek’s 200+ year history of logistics infrastructure, from horse-carts and rails to barges and trucks, this bike tour will focus on the expanding infrastructure of commodity circulation, and the real-world footprint of e-commerce.
The rise of e-commerce has seen a rapid increase in last-mile developments in the industrial business zones, like those surrounding Newtown Creek. These mega facilities bring significant amounts of increased truck traffic to overburdened communities leading to higher levels of congestion, worsened air quality, urban heat island impacts, stormwater runoff, as well as ongoing issues with worker protections, fair wagers, and labor rights. NYC is now working to implement a special permit process to curtail the proliferation of last mile facilities, thanks in large part to the advocacy from elected leaders and the Last Mile Coalition (of which NCA is a member).
Join us for an evening to learn about the development of Newtown Creek with urban planner and academic, Carter Craft.
Carter Craft is a water and energy expert with more than twenty-five years of experience working on and along New York Harbor and the surrounding estuary. As an outdoor enthusiast, captain and occasional swimmer he brings a deep understanding of the complex issues inherent in connecting ecological and political systems in synergistic ways. Currently, Carter is a Sr. Economic Policy Officer at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York. He is a founder or co-founder of many organizations, including the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club, and has been instrumental in the establishment, growth and evolution of many others including the Newtown Creek Alliance, RETI Center, the River Project, and Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse.