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Red Hook clash over toxic sludge ends in failed effort
Community opposition to GBX and Quadrozzi led plan for an eco industrial zone facing EPA backed option. Public meetings exposed distrust as residents argued for jobs and cleanup while critics warned of increased traffic and environmental risk. Leaders defend long term community benefits amid heated debate.
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GBX
John Quadrozzi, Jr
Red Hook
Manhattan
Intrepid
Brooklyn
Flowers
Reg
Quadrozzi
Falconworks
John Quadrozzi
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Gowanus Canal
Gowanus
Walter Mugdan
Ben Byrd
Columbia University
Nydia Velazquez
Wyckoff Gardens
Brad Lander
John
NY Department of Sanitation Police
Martha Bowers
Dance, Theater Etcetera
Phaedra Thomas
DTE
Bowers
Reg Flowers
Ray
Earl Hall
Lillie Marshall
Dorothy Shields