In response to the NRDC request, the HPCC gave failing grades to the Empire State Development Corporation, the City and State of New York, as well as the Port Authority of NY & NJ. Stressing the need for reducing non-point sources of pollution to the Long Island Sound, Ms. Cuminale said that "the natural surface and wetland vegetation have been replaced by concrete."
The Coalition emphasized the need for the rehabilitation of mixed-use and industrial waterfront communities, but encouraged this be done in a way that would use natural systems and technology to abate non-point sources of pollution. "Communities must be engaged, and advocacy should be available to those communities which do not have the resources to make the difference on their own."
NRDC's Dare Fuller said the Coalition's information was "helpful in alerting which needs should be addressed and pointing in a direction that otherwise might not have been looked at."
Report cards will be out in August.
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