Harlem Pol Rallies to Stop Truck Depot, But Won’t Meet Site Developer to Seek New Plan
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“My theory of change is based in people power," Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan said on Saturday.
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Harlem Environmental Justice Group Blasts Developer for Truck Depot
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Members of the Harlem community are decrying a developer's plan to build a controversial truck depot, warning that the decision to put profit over people’s health will send more pollution-spewing big rigs into the low-income community of color and worsen the environmental injustice already borne by the neighborhood.
ANALYSIS: Developer Blasts Harlem Pol Over Rejecting Housing, As He Plans Truck Depot Instead
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A developer wanted to build housing, affordable units and public space, but was turned down by the local Council member, so now he's making housing ... for trucks. Is there a greater symbol of New York's dysfunction?