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New York State is initiating the first-ever study of the environmental impacts of New York City’s … Read More

… Watershed, Dixon Lake Cleanup QUEENS – College Point: Barge Beach Cleanup QUEENS – Flushing Bay: World’s Fair Marina Cleanup ROCKLAND – Upper Nyack : 9W Cleanup north of … Read More

… because the water quality wasn’t safe for swimming in the Hudson River,” Shapley said. “From Flushing Bay and the Harlem River to Raritan Bay, New Yorkers are voting with their swimsuits and … Read More

  Use this chart to find waterways that are Class I or Class SD, which include most waterways … Read More

… including the Hudson River near Manhattan, the Bronx, East and Harlem Rivers; Coney Island, Flushing, Newtown and Westchester Creeks; the Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull. Further, Riverkeeper … Read More

… also be daylighted to improve water quality and reduce local flooding, such as Kissena Creek, Flushing Creek, and Alley Creek watersheds in Queens, and we urge DEP to pursue them. While we … Read More

… Mountains. In Queens, one of the biggest cleanups happens along the Malcolm X Promenade at Flushing Bay. The Empire Dragons team up with Guardians of Flushing Bay, Coastal Preservation … Read More

… storm gates across the mouths of waterways that sustain the New York Harbor estuary, such as Flushing Creek, Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal. Larger systems – such as a barrier envisioned at … Read More

… are similar. They would interfere with tidal energy, reduce sediment transport, and slow the flushing of pollutants, for example. Waters affected by the proposed storm barriers include … Read More