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Health and Environment

Bronx Residents Demand Closure of Polluting ‘Peaker Plants’ as State Ramps Up Renewable Energy

By Liz Donovan | March 9, 2022

Residents in The Bronx’s “Asthma Alley,” ask the New York Power Authority to commit to transition off of costly fossil fuel-burning power plants.

Voices of New York

Latino Families Worry COVID-19 Has Sidelined The Bronx’s Asthma Crisis

By Edwin Martínez for El Diario | October 14, 2021

Facilities that provided assistance for people with asthma before the pandemic have continued to operate by offering pre-recorded medical advice by phone, and have never returned to in-person services, families told El Diario.

Health and Environment
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Opinion: Local Law 97 is a Public Health Necessity

By Michael Hollingsworth | March 18, 2021

‘Cleaning up our buildings in the decades to come isn’t just about creating thousands of good jobs, or combating environmental racism, or fighting climate change. It’s also about improving public health.’

Health and Environment

Opinion: Adopting a Clean Fuel Standard Will Clean New York’s Air

By Trevor Summerfield | March 16, 2021

‘In New York, the transportation sector alone is responsible for 36 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, and that number is growing.’

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: After Feds’ Failure, NYS Must Crack Down on Air Pollution

By Ruthie Lazenby and Sarah DeSouza | August 28, 2020

‘Recent research shows that long-term exposure to particulate-matter air pollution increases the likelihood of severe COVID-19 outcomes. And people of color are disproportionately affected.’

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: NY Must Expand Coverage for Allergy Testing

By Gustavo Rivera and Joseph F. D’Amore | October 23, 2017

Too many New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid are not being diagnosed and treated in a timely manner due to the lack of blood allergy testing—in part because our state Medicaid program severely limits access to those tests.

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Building Justice: Genetic Code, ZIP Code and Housing Code All Affect Health and Equality

By Amanda Reddy and David Jacobs | October 3, 2016

Health outcomes–and things that depend on them like school performance–are shaped by housing quality. Housing quality is shaped by segregation. And segregation reflects policies that separated Americans by race.

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Bronx’s Asthma Alley Protests Plans to Extend Power Plant Permits

By Caroline Spivack | November 12, 2015

In 2001, two gas-burning plants were located in the South Bronx with the promise that they would be temporary. Now, 14 years later, the New York Power Authority wants to extend the facilities’ lifespans.

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