NCA and Riverkeeper team up for BBOX Radio
Kate Zidar of NCA and Phillip Musegaas of Riverkeeper joined Maxine Margo Rubin on The Many Shades of Green, a BBOX Radio show that delves into topics that affect the environment in Brooklyn and...
View ArticleL Magazine covers the sewage beat
From Sydney Brownstone at L Magazine: “There’s lots of enterococcus in the audience tonight,” Tracy Brown, an advocate at Riverkeeper, a local water quality watchdog, joked to a crowd of roughly 60-70...
View ArticleGrist profiles NCA’s Kate Zidar
NCA’s Executive Director Kate Zidar was profiled recently in Grist, as a part of the Change Gang, a series that “profiles people who are leading change on the ground toward a more sustainable society...
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GMDC, NCA, and Riverkeeper share the APA New York Chapter Meritorious...
On October 19th, GMDC, NCA, and Riverkeeper shared the APA New York Chapter Meritorious Achievement Award for their work on the Newtown Creek BOA Nomination Report. The awards ceremony took place at...
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Oil Sheens on the Creek
UPDATE September 15th: On September 9th, NYSDEC received an anonymous tip that has led to identifying a responsible party dumping waste oil into a land side drain that leads straight to Dutch Kills....
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Petition: Create Public Access at Vernon Blvd Shoreline
Various Community Visions vs. Current DOT/EDC Proposal The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and Economic Development Corporation (EDC) are currently pursuing plans to reconstruct the Vernon Blvd...
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2021 Recap
After another year of uncertainties and unpredictability we are extremely grateful for everyone who helped support our mission to Reveal, Restore, and Revitalize Newtown Creek. Whether you volunteered...
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2022 Recap!
2022 was a benchmark year for NCA: we celebrated our 20th anniversary as an organization and made huge strides by expanding our educational and volunteer programming in scope and participation, and...
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Press
Recent media coverage of NCA’s various projects and related advocacy (updated October 2023): Looking back 45 years after the discovery of the Greenpoint Oil Spill, one of the largest ever recorded in...
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2023 Year in Review
For all of our volunteers, supporters, and partners, here is a quick look back at some of the highlights and accomplishments from 2023: Expanding the NCA TeamWe hired three new staff members (Krista,...
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