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… global initiatives. Akila is President of the Board and a founding member of Guardians of
Flushing Bay, a grassroots coalition of human-powered boaters, environmental enthusiasts, and …
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… meet up at locations as varied as the street-ends at NYC’s Newtown Creek; the riprap along
Flushing Bay Promenade; kayak launches in the Hudson Valley and Upper Hudson shorelines in …
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… for its $2 billion cost, roundabout route, and alignment over the World’s Fair Promenade on
Flushing Bay in East Elmhurst, a historically Black neighborhood with limited green space. An …
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… planting trees and removing invasive plants in their communities from the Adirondacks down to
Flushing Bay. Some 276 tons of trash have been removed from the Hudson and its tributaries since …
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… implementation threatens to exacerbate the opioid epidemic amid the Covid-19 pandemic Continued
flushing of unwanted drugs endangers water quality across the state Albany, NY—A broad coalition …
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… of the Hudson River at Manhattan; Harlem, Bronx and East Rivers; Newtown Creek; Gowanus Canal;
Flushing Bay; and others, many of which receive billions of gallons of raw sewage and stormwater …
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… cases. Nationwide, the hoarding of toilet paper has exacerbated another chronic problem – the
flushing of personal wipes, napkins and other paper products that clog pipes, rather than break …
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… manmade pollution are making a comeback. From the Billion Oyster Project to Dragon Boat races on
Flushing Bay, from the Gowanus Canal to the Harlem River, there is brand new activity on all of the …
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… their investment could be impacted by the project and local quality of life could be hindered. The
Flushing Chamber of Commerce and local businesses expressed skepticism that they would ever see the …
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… ways, assisted by an accessible, award-winning faculty. Located on a beautiful, 80-acre campus in
Flushing, the college is cited each year in the Princeton Review as one of the nation’s 100 …
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