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Long-Abandoned Barges Removed from Flushing Bay

Two abandoned, contaminated barges were floating in Flushing Bay for over a year

Vice Chair Crowley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announce Removal of Abandoned Barges in Flushing Bay

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For Immediate Release Originally posted by Office of Congressman Joseph Crowley Queens, NY – On Monday, May 23, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, was joined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Flushing Bay advocates at a press conference at the World’s Fair Marina to announce the removal of abandoned barges that for too long have contaminated the waterway and posed a safety hazard for vessels navigating the channel in Flushing Bay. “Flushing Bay continues to […]

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