Metro Area Governors Island Coalition

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth!
M.A.G.I.C. June 2026 report
Much carried over from Fall 2025.

Full report and more photos:
https://govislandcoalition.org/news/m-a-g-i-c-june-2026-report

1) Trees not Towers! Good bye sky
2) Distressing Urban Farm report
3) Glyphosate (aka ’Roundup’) on GI
4) Crazy(?) new electric substation plan

1) Trees not Towers! Reality check
At an intrusive 75ft, the Har­bor School expan­sion is only ONE THIRD the height of the Trust’s planned Manhattanization on GI and is higher than GI’s ‘Outlook Hill.’

2) GI Urban Farm Kicked Out
Grow NYC is being pushed onto area of massive glyphosate contamination and Earth Matter to treeless site of huge new electrical substation

3) Highly Toxic Glyphosate (aka 'Roundup') on Governors Island.
A known carcinogen and subject of many lawsuits, it is banned in New York City parks.

4) Crazy(?) new electric substation
Massive transformers above a visitor center, on top of a gas pipeline, and in the middle of Earth Matter farm?

06/03/2026

TGI Words/Deeds
More:
June 2026 Report
https://govislandcoalition.org/news/m-a-g-i-c-june-2026-report
And:
https://youtu.be/_H_vBf-Dk4E?si=Teu5trCn1U5Z31Oo

04/30/2026

See comments regarding glyphosate on Governors Island

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether thousands of cancer patients can keep suing the manufacturers of the popular w**d killer glyphosate, known as Roundup. Critics of Roundup have long alleged a link between the herbicide and cancer. It was developed b...

04/24/2026

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02/25/2026