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Photo submitted to Bensonhurst Bean by anonymous tipster.Assemblyman William Colton and opponents of the Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station [/?s=waste+transfer+station#.V1hs9uYrLos] will get their day in court next week to try and stop the construction of the trash facility — which they say is a danger to
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZbq4YY_gb8&feature=youtu.be Assemblyman William Colton is outraged over raw footage which appears to show a moving construction container dropping black sludge and debris into Gravesend Bay. Dredging at the site of the controversial Southwest Brooklyn Marine Waste Transfer Station [/?s=
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Photo submitted to Bensonhurst Bean by anonymous tipster.Councilman Vincent Gentile is joining the chorus of voices calling [/coltons-anti-waste-task-force-demands-epa-investigate-garbage-station-work-site/#.VfB4eGTBzGc] for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the construction site of the city’s planned Gravesend Bay Waste
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Contractors working on the controversial Gravesend Bay Marine Waste Transfer Station are not taking the necessary precautions to protect residents from toxic chemicals found at the site, say local politicians. At a press conference at Ceasar’s Bay promenade Sunday, Assemblyman William Colton and Councilman Mark Treyger shared evidence that
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Source: FacebookSunset Park Councilman Carlos Menchaca was voted out of his position as co-chair of the City Council’s Brooklyn delegation last week and replaced by Councilman Mark Treyger – granting Treyger significantly more influence over the city’s budgetary negotiations. The vote, which took place on Thursday, February 5,
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Source: Flickr/jpotischConstruction on the highly controversial Gravesend Bay Waste Transfer Station near Caesar’s Bay [/colton-files-brief-challenging-gravesend-bay-garbage-station-decision/] is scheduled to begin any day now. Despite years of fierce opposition [/local-leaders-to-sanitation-department-we-dont-trust-you/] from residents, politicians, and
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Source: Flickr/jpotischA study highlighting the exorbitant cost of a proposed waste transfer station on the Upper East Side may provide ammunition for activists, community members, and pols fighting the planned Gravesend Bay waste treatment facility [/saturday-colton-treyger-lead-rally-bensonhurst-waste-transfer-station/]. The study, conducted by the
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Colton at the latest STRONG rally in Bensonhurst (Source: STRONG Southern Brooklyn)The following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman William Colton: For nearly the past decade, I have been fighting against the City’s proposed marine waste transfer station. This garbage station, which the City plans
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Source: Colton’s officeThe following is a press release from Assemblyman Bill Colton’s office: Two communities in New York City have come together to fight against the City of New York’s Solid Waste Management Plan by rallying against the proposed Gravesend Bay Marine Waste Transfer Station (1824 Shore