Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance

09/19/2018

Here the coverage of our response to Gov. Cuomo's announcement today!

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08/15/2018

Via Buddy Stein: Asked in debate between State Senate candidates about the state plan for Sheridan Expressway that would bring unwanted truck traffic to Edgewater Road, jeopardizing The Point river campus and Rocking the Boat, and would injure Concrete Plant Park, Sen. Jeff Klein says he’s both for and against the plan, while his opponent Alessandra Biaggi, apparently unfamiliar with the issue, changes the subject.

 This week’s BronxTalk on BronxNet features the highly-anticipated debate for the Democratic Primary for... Read More

07/05/2018

Have you been wondering about what Sen. Klein, Assembly Member Crespo, and Governor Cuomo have to say in response to the community outcry to ? The Hunts Point Express has the answer...

Bronx resident Sierra Straker urges the state’s transportation department not to build ramps at Edgewater Road at a June 27 public hearing in Hunts Point.

06/28/2018

Please share this coverage on the public sentiment at last night's hearing!

The NYS DOT plan will exacerbate air pollution in a neighborhood where asthma rates are already sky high.

06/26/2018

TOMORROW! Please share widely! The Point CDC Mothers On the Move Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice Nos Quedamos Tri-State Transportation Campaign Pratt Center for Community Development Bronx River Alliance

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07/26/2017

http://citylimits.org/2017/07/26/governors-plan-for-sheridan-expressway-must-go-farther-advocates-say/

South Bronx groups are glad the state will finally convert the Sheridan Expressway to a boulevard, but say the plan must do more to realize earlier community visions for the area.

07/18/2017

Hey! Ready for the second summertime meeting by NYSDOT on the Sheridan project? This DESIGN meeting is the time to raise your voice about what's important -- and make sure that the boulevard isn't a dressed-down highway created in a back room without your voice!

07/06/2017

http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/06/30/cuomos-sheridan-expressway-plan-is-not-what-the-south-bronx-asked-for/

South Bronx advocates are raising the alarm about the Cuomo administration’s plans for the Sheridan Expressway, saying the state DOT is rushing ahead with a project that ignores years of advo…

06/28/2017

The official process for creating ramps for direct access into Hunts Point is underway -- but even though the clock is ticking on the 30 day public comment period the New York Department of Transportation announced, there is NO OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE PROJECT WITH MATERIALS FROM THE MEETING. If you want to know what's going on, the English-language boards from the public meeting that had 7 days notice are available here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B01it9IL1gKJRll1eTFkYnh3UnM

06/26/2017

Tomorrow night is THE NIGHT! Got questions about the future of Hunts Point? The Sheridan? Rocking the Boat and The Point CDC 's facilities on Edgewater Road? Concrete Plant Park? Whether this project is going to be done "to" the South Bronx or whether it can make the community vision manifest?

YOU ARE NEEDED. COME THROUGH.

Right now this is the only meeting that is happening during the super-fast 30 day comment period. Make it count!

Casita Maria - 928 Simpson Street
Tue. June 27 - 4:30 -8pm - come at ANY TIME

04/24/2017

"With the governor’s Moses side now embracing the challenge of making the boulevard a reality, his Jacobs side must ensure that the community—which has worked tirelessly for 20 years—is engaged in the design and decisions related to the boulevard and that it fully incorporates the community’s vision and needs."

Check out We Stay Nos Quedamos 's Jessica Clemente and Tri-State Transportation Campaign 's Vincent Pellecchia in Crain's, today, responding to a recent editorial!

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170423/OPINION/170429966/take-down-the-sheridan-expressway-and-those-wi-fi-kiosks-too

Take down the Sheridan Expressway—and those Wi-Fi kiosks, too