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The Mayor’s Office for Climate and Environmental Justice, in its 2023 “PlaNYC: Get Sustainability Done” report, projects that by the 2050s, New York will see,
Awaiting remediation for the creek, local attention has turned to the more immediate threat of rain-driven flooding. Coney Island flooded badly from the remnants of Hurricane Ida at the beginning of September 2021. The two years since were a missed opportunity for resiliency improvements, local activists say.
Polluted from both its industrial past and the city's present-day sewer system, community leaders have pushed for years to get Coney Island Creek included on either New York State or the federal government's Superfund lists. But it hasn't been easy.
“We are in a climate change emergency,” said Rohit T. Aggarwala. “And two things are unhelpful in an emergency: Panic and despair.”
Advocates launch campaign announcing their shared demands for an overhaul of the Army Corps’ plan, calling for a more comprehensive approach