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… envision not only a beach in Manhattan, but restored salt marsh ecosystems in Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek, a vibrant waterfront in Flushing Bay, and recreation along the Bronx and East … Read More

… Finally, we partnered with local grassroots groups to co-create new visions for the restoration of Newtown Creek and the Flushing waterways, and participated in the largest study of industrial and … Read More

… Preserve cleanup in Albany, for example. At two dead-end streets in Brooklyn, at the shoreline of Newtown Creek, volunteers estimated the number at 750. We know that bans on plastic bags with fees … Read More

… Plant Park on the Bronx River, and so on. At two dead-end streets in Brooklyn, at the shoreline of Newtown Creek, volunteers put the number at 750. Sweep leader Lisa Bloodgood of Newtown Creek … Read More

… to year and I’m wondering if at some point there won’t be much left to do.” On Newtown Creek, the border between Brooklyn and Queens, several teams of volunteers worked in and … Read More

… river ecosystems. I came armed with stories of precedent-setting cases like Storm King; ExxonMobil/Newtown Creek; Riverkeeper/Waterkeeper v. Pruitt; and Indian Point, to illustrate the wide range of … Read More

… touch the river. I knew the surrounding waterbodies I was close to; the East River and the Newtown Creek, connected the larger Harbor in one vast interconnected estuary system, I wanted to … Read More

… longer term, local initiatives to foster healthier habitat or places to relax by the water. On Newtown Creek, at the border of Brooklyn and Queens, for example, volunteers will continue turning … Read More

… we’ll focus on a number of new stretches of shoreline in desperate need of “Sweep” coverage. Newtown Creek clean water investment skyrockets. Riverkeeper and The Newtown Creek Alliance have … Read More