#7 -You believe in building a stronger community through citizen participation. NAG devotes a lot of our resources to helping the residents of Greenpoint & Williamsburg plug into their local government and create (or call for) real change on their street… NAG’s Annual Neighborhood Gala & Benefit is such fun! We gather together a great [...]
Have you always wondered about that big old oil spill in Greenpoint? Curious what the Superfund status of the Newtown Creek means to you? Looking to learn more about the history environmental activism in the area? Want to understand the crazy important role that the Newtown Creek played in the industrial revolution in America? Well, [...]
More than 27 billion gallons of raw sewage and polluted stormwater are dumped into New York City’s waterways each year. This polluted water discharges out of 460 combined sewage overflows (“CSOs”), a system than can be overloaded each time it rains as little as half an inch. Although water quality in New York Harbor and throughout the Hudson River Estuary has improved significantly [...]
Here’s a recap of the week that was in North Brooklyn: Marty Markowitz and GZA announce the 2012 Northside Festival. At I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria de Hostos, the cool kids are national chess champions – the first middle school to ever win the United States Chess Federation’s high school championship. [NYT] WAGPOPS – Williamsburg and [...]
The Hudson River Foundation is administering $1 million dollars from the Newtown Creek Environmental Benefit Project (EBP). What’s that you ask? Back in 2008, after decades of work by a highly mobilized and vocal Greenpoint-Williamsburg activist community, New York State and New York City reached a landmark agreement to upgrade the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment [...]
“Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay awake and do them!” – Unknown Volunteer Open House @NAG Office. 110 Kent Ave. 2nd Floor [little brick building surrounded by East River State Park @ N8th] 7-9pm Drop by and learn about the many ways you can volunteer to make change in the neighborhood
NAG ACTION is a monthly meeting with concerned citizens from all parts of Greenpoint & Williamsburg looking to learn more and do more in the neighborhood. The goal is to bring together any and all types of organizers, activists, local leaders, business owners, and residents to discuss, learn, and take action in the neighborhood. Typically [...]
Important Community Meeting: DEC/DOH Public Meeting to Discuss Meeker Ave. Plumes Contamination in Greenpoint When: Thursday February 4th – 7:00pm – 9:30pm (note – DEC is also havening an availability session the same day from 3:00pm – 5:00pm) Where: St. Cecilia’s Auditorium – 24 North Henry St. Brooklyn, NY (Greenpoint) Background: DEC and DOH will [...]
If you missed the meeting today, here’s a guide Ryan put together to help you form your public comment. Don’t forget, public comments are due on December 23rd! This wednesday.
Hey all, tomorrow (Sunday, Dec 20) we will be doing a reprise of our Newtown Creek history bike tour in order to give you a crash education on our neighborhood’s most notorious toxic site. Led by Ryan Kuonen, this tour will give you some context for the current controversy surrounding the Creek’s potential federal Superfund [...]
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