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Gowanus Canal Remediation Plans Debated Amid Local Elections
In Brooklyn Staten Island special elections May 5 surface as main political focus. A GOP candidate Dan Donovan faces Vincent Gentile in Congress race while Assembly District 44 shows a fragmented field with no clear Democratic candidate. Meanwhile the DEC proposes a Fulton Gas Plant cleanup with winged barrier walls and potential underground toxins left in place. EPA guidance prompts calls for immediate cleanup and stormwater tanks under the park, with community groups seeking extended DEC comment and alternate park options.
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Staten Island
Brooklyn
Michael Grimm
Congress
Dan Donovan
Eric
Vincent Gentile
Donovan
South Shore
Gentile
Patterson
Diana Richardson
Clarkes
Geoffrey Davis
Public Place
Ferrara Concrete
Fulton
Thomas Greene Park
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Gowanus
DEC