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Category: CLIMATE CHANGE

Winter

Posted on December 17, 2020 by East River Park ACTION

We need East River Park in all the seasons. We need a better flood control plan. Photos and text by Tommy Loeb.

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LES Breathe

Posted on October 15, 2020December 29, 2020 by East River Park ACTION

We have a new air and soil watchdog Air In this neighborhood with high asthma rates, we need to know what’s we are breathing now before the city starts tearing up East River Park. The East Side Coastal Resiliency project will take down 1,000 trees that cleanse the air. The demolition will release particulate matter…

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Art Destruction

Posted on October 10, 2020October 23, 2020 by Pat

Toilets Overflow but Erasing Art Comes First The city was in a big hurry to demolish protest art in East River Park this morning. They’re in a big hurry to demolish East River Park itself. Why? A woman approached a Parks Department employee on the promenade by the amphitheater where six official vehicles parked. “The…

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Soil Test

Posted on October 7, 2020December 25, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

Yes, there is lead in East River Park These samples, collected by Wendy Brawer, were close to the surface. Last year, in 2019, AKRF, which “provides environmental, planning, and engineering consulting services,” had big machines drilling holes all over East River Park. They said they were doing soil tests. What was the composition of that…

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Unanswered

Posted on September 15, 2020October 14, 2020 by Pat

I asked questions in July. It’s September. We need action. “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” –Shirley Chisholm City Council Member Carlina Rivera and I (along with Rivera’s staffer Ivy Rosado) Zoomed on July 21. We went over many vital questions about the East Side Coastal Resiliency…

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Goodbye Promenade

Posted on September 5, 2020 by East River Park ACTION

Hello Ruthless Closing Plan for East River Park The city promised it would leave 40 percent of the park open throughout construction. Here is their draft map for the 60 percent they will fence off in November. The rust-colored sections on the map will be closed and under construction for two years minimum. The recently…

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Interim Flood Protection

Posted on April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 by East River Park ACTION

Wrecking East River Park can wait, but the Lower East Side and East Village need storm surge barriers for the hurricane season coming up. The East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) plan that would demolish East River Park is likely to be delayed. “In New York City, which was crippled in 2012 by Hurricane Sandy, the…

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Rebellion, Celebration, Suit Up

Posted on December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 by East River Park ACTION

Protest with Extinction Rebellion Saturday Celebrate and Honor East River Park ACTION with Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir Sunday Get seriously legal in 2020 Saturday, December 21, noon to 2:00, Union Square (14th St. side). Join Extinction Rebellion in a protest against the destruction of East River Park. We can help save the…

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Alienated

Posted on November 18, 2019October 26, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

It’s how we feel and also a legal term that can help East River Park First, some background Last fall the City abruptly jettisoned a plan formed by Lower East Side residents and experts working together, to shield our community from the negative impacts of flooding caused by extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy. They…

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We Rallied. The Subcommittee Voted for the ugly, unnecessary project that will Kill East River Park.

Posted on November 4, 2019November 8, 2019 by Pat

We delivered 9,000 petitions from three grassroots groups. We have a letter signed by 34 groups. Most everyone in our Lower East Side/East Village opposes the East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan to demolish East River Park since there are better ways to gain flood control. We lost the first critical vote Nov. 4 in the…

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This Lenapehoking Land

This wonderful park we are trying to preserve is forever Indigenous land of Lenapehoking. We hope to honor and respect the land of this park by advocating its use as a resilient flood-absorbing sponge working with the river-side ecosystem, rather than in defiance of it. We oppose the ESCR project that continues assault on the land and recognize it adds a layer of injury to the ongoing systemic oppression of the original stewards of this land, the Lenapeyok People.

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      • Cover the FDR
      • Value Engineering
      • Value Engineering, Redacted
      • Resolved: No Value No Plan
      • Not One Sandbag
        • Not One Sandbag Part 2
      • The Rivers Beneath the Streets
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    • Alienated, reasons we sued, 2019
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      • Alienation denied, reasons for appeal
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