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Opinion: De Blasio, not park activists, delayed East Side resiliency plan while backing fossil-fuel status quo
On Jan. 23, 2019, Councilmember Carlina Rivera, left, and East Village activist Ayo Harrington spoke at a City Hall protest after the de Blasio administration switched to its current plan to bury and raise East River Park, scrapping an earlier resiliency scheme that preserved the park. The two now support the park-burying plan.

Opinion: De Blasio, not park activists, delayed East Side resiliency plan while backing fossil-fuel status quo

December 24, 2021

BY HOWARD BRANDSTEIN | Deconstruct the video of the “Frontline Communities Coalition” rally on Dec. 18 and what you see is an image makeover for…

Video: Coastal resiliency plan ignores the ‘elephant by the park,’ the F.D.R. Drive
In the video, Howard Brandstein says the cause of climate change — car pollution, as embodied by the F.D.R. Drive — is not addressed in the city's East Side Coastal Resiliency plan.

Video: Coastal resiliency plan ignores the ‘elephant by the park,’ the F.D.R. Drive

June 9, 2021

It’s car pollution, stupid. That’s a central message of the Sixth Street Community Center’s new “Save East River Park” video. In short, the video argues,…

Opinion: Don’t let politicians’ eco ignorance destroy East River Park
The existing East River Park, including its ball fields, along with its natural habitat, is a major community asset for the East Village and Lower East Side. (Courtesy Rebuild by Design/Trust for Public Land)

Opinion: Don’t let politicians’ eco ignorance destroy East River Park

August 18, 2020

BY MATTHEW C. ESHED | New York City has signed a death sentence for East River Park. That is, unless the East Side Coastal Resiliency…

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