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After Gravesend Mess, Legislators Move To Make Sure City Can’t Keep Water Pollution Secret

Oil Spill In Gravesend/BKLYNERFour months after BKYLNER revealed a large, unreported oil spill in Gravesend [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/], city officials are pushing to ensure future spills can’t be kept secret. City Council Member Vincent Gentile, with the support of Council Members Costa Constantinides, and Jumaane Williams will be introducing two

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Same Old Answers, No Relief From Sewage Backups And Flooding

Residents lining up to ask questions. By Lenore Fedow / Sheepshead Bites Councilman Chaim Deutsch held an open community forum last night at James Madison High School to address the flooding and sewage backups that tend to follow heavy rainfall [/trees-power-outages-reported-southern-brooklyn-flash-flood-photos/]. “We should not live in fear every time there’s

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‘Dirty Diaper’ Smell From Wastewater Treatment Plant Has Become Intolerable, Neighbors Say

The Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. (Source: DEP)The rancid smell from the wastewater treatment plant over on Knapp Street has long been a nuisance [/sheepshead-bay-is-tops-in-poop-smell-complaints/] for residents in the area. However, following last month’s record-breaking blizzard [/volunteers-distribute-hot-food-to-neighbors-stranded-by-the-winter-storm/], neighbors say the stink has become intolerable and are calling on

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Residents Don’t Like The Smell Of Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study

Coney Island Resident Pete Castro (right) addressing Curtis Cravens, from the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Residents scorned some of the initial assessments presented on Thursday for a flood barrier in Coney Island Creek, arguing the city was pushing a proposal that did

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Deutsch Wants A Solution To Sewage Back Ups After Storms

Chaim Deustsch (Source: Twitter)As we’ve learned over the past year, storms are very destructive – be they big, small or humongous like Sandy. City Council Candidate Chaim Deutsch (D) is concerned with an annoyance that many residents face after heavy storms, that being sewage back ups. In a press

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Photo: Sewage Line Problem Shuts Down Jerome Ave

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection shut down Jerome Avenue between East 17th Street and East 18th Street today, as crews worked to repair a broken sewage line. The line backed up, according to a worker on the scene, spurring them to open the fire hydrant and empty

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Senate Passes Bill Requiring Public Notification When Sewage Is Dumped Into City Waters

Source: Environmental Protection Agency via Wikimedia CommonsLast Thursday marks the adoption of a bill that would force plant operators to tell the public if and when municipal sewage is spilled into New York’s bodies of water. This is great news for Sheepshead Bay and the surrounding areas as this

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Leaking Sewage Pipe Spurs Army Corps Repairs

Photo by Michael ComeauThe Army Corps of Engineers is gearing up to take on an 18-month long project to repair and improve sewage outfall pipes at the mouth of Sheepshead Bay, but first they’re looking for your input. The Department of Environmental Protection is coordinating with the Corps on