Representative Adriano Espaillat Hosts Annual Environmental Justice Boat Tour on Harlem River

NEW YORK, NY - On Friday, July 26th at 12:00 p.m. (EDT), Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), joined by environmental justice advocates, will host his annual waterway tour to assess environmental concerns and challenges along the Harlem River corridors.

This year marks Rep. Espaillat's third year to host the tour in collaboration with the Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds Urban Waters Federal Partnership, Harlem River Working Group, Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, Hudson River Foundation, South Bronx Unite!, Fordham University, and WE ACT. The tour will take place at the at the Dyckman Marina located at Inwood Hill Park, 348 Dyckman Street and proceed along the Harlem River waterway.

WHO: Rep. Adriano Espaillat
New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodríguez
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
NYS Assemblymember Manny De Los Santos
NYS Senator Robert Jackson
NYS Assemblymember Yudelka Tapia
NYS Assemblymember Al Taylor
NYC Councilmember Rafael Salamanca Jr.
NYS Senator Cordell Cleare
Hudson River Foundation
Dr. Javier Laureano, Dir., Clean Water Division Environmental Protection Agency
Ashley Smith, United States Geological Survey
Dr. Merchant Shakila, City University of New York
CUNY Remote Sensing Earth Systems (CREST) Students supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NYNJ Harbor & Estuary Program
South Bronx Unite!
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Harlem River Working Group
Fordham University
The Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds Urban Waters Federal Partnership

WHAT: Press Conference to Address Environmental Justice on the Harlem River

WHEN: Friday, July 26, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. (EDT), immediately following tour.

WHERE: Dyckman Marina
Inwood Hill Park
348 Dyckman Street
New York, NY 10034

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Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his fourth term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government's vital activities and serves as Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the committee during the 118th Congress. He is also a member of the House Budget Committee and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Deputy Chair as well as Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI). Rep. Espaillat is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.

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