Concern about floodwater carrying pollution from former industrial and radioactive sites into adjacent neighborhoods has resulted in the Northshore Waterfront Conservancy and the City University of New York being awarded a 2014 Environmental Justice grant from NY State Dept Environmental Conservation. The project is to identify:
* which sites are actually contaminated, 
* which sites are vulnerable to flooding, 
* where contaminated floodwaters will / should flow after leaving those sites, 
* what flood-resistant infrastructure has already been built, and 
* what flood-resistant infrastructure is needed. 

##EJ orgs on Staten Island
North Shore Waterfront Conservancy

**http://www.nswcsi.org/**

##Reporting on Staten Island

The following articles are written by [Melissa Checker](http://people.qc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Melissa.Checker/Pages/Default.aspx):

“A Year After Superstorm Sandy, Turmoil Continues On Staten Island,” Gotham Gazette, October 23. 2014.
 http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/environment/4684-a-year-after-superstorm-sandy-turmoil-continues-on-staten-island
 
“Chicken Little, A Ferris Wheel and Disorderly Development on Staten Island’s North Shore,” Gotham Gazette, November, 2012
http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/topics/development/2133-chicken-little-a-ferris-wheel-and-disorderly-development-on-staten-islands-north-shore
 
“Another Natural Gas Controversy” Gotham Gazette, August 17 
www.gothamgazette.com/article/environment/20100817/7/3337
 
“Staten Island's Toxic Stew”, Gotham Gazette, May 29 
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/environment/20090526/7/2923

“The Manhattan Project's Legacy on Staten Island” Gotham Gazette, June 4 
http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/06/04/the-manhattan-projects-legacy-on-staten-island/

##Other data sources: 

* Toxic Release Inventory, EPA, although it's self-reported, the pattern can also reveal where gaps are
* NY State Department of Environmental Conservation: Historical Brownfield Sites
* Mayor's Office for Environmental Remediation has another database of "problem" lots, tagged as "E" designation which requires action before being redeveloped. 

##Design Proposals for the Northshore

* <a href="https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/067/original/2010_Howland_Hook_Sponge_Park_DLand_2010_P1018.pdf"><i class="icon icon-file"></i> 2010_Howland_Hook_Sponge_Park_DLand_2010_P1018.pdf</a>
* New York City Economic Development Coalition [St. George Waterfont Redevelopment Project](http://www.nycedc.com/project/st-george-waterfront)

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