Here are the latest stories about East River Park and the East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan. To read about resiliency projects, climate change, environmental justice news from all over, see our Resiliency News page. To read the 21st Century history of East River Park and links to plans and documents, see our History and Resources page. News about East River Park from 2022 here.
Articles on this page are included if they have to do with East River Park and sustainability in the neighborhood. Partisan news may be included and is not an endorsement of any candidate. To read the complete article of any listed below, hit the link on the name of the publication.
Environmental Justice Atlas
East River Park, NY, USA, compiled by Howard Brandstein, EJ Atlas
Manhattan’s Lower East Side community rejects the destruction of East River Park. “At a time when our community is faced with multiple threats unfolding daily from the climate emergency, it is delusional to believe that building a wall will save us.”
Mathilde, cherished 83-year-old tree, is felled in ongoing East River Park demolition
BY CHARLOTTE MORLIE, JANUARY 18, 2023, THE VILLAGE SUN
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 11, the tree was still standing, both beautiful and weird looking, with its slight bend and leafless winter branches. By 8 o’clock on Thursday morning, all that was left to see was a desolate trunk standing behind construction fences covered with black fabric.
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