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NYC Environmental Justice Activists Feel Ignored by the City and the Army Corps on Climate Projects
The activists want input on climate resilience plans and say the Army Corps typically focuses on protecting communities from storm surge without regard to increased rainfall, flooding and stormwater pollution.
By Lauren Dalban
On the second floor of a school building in Jamaica, Queens, New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection hosted a flood kit giveaway. It was a Tuesday evening in late July, just a couple weeks before the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season.