Environmental Justice NY1: Community Activists Rally Against Truck Traffic In Brooklyn November 17, 2011 Bronx Times: Public advocacy groups call on DOE to test leased school sites September 9, 2011 NY Daily News: Group urges city to test schools for toxins September 8, 2011 NYLPI Attorney Christina Giorgio is interviewed about PCBs in New York City schools. (Segment starts at 17:05) September 8, 2011 Riverdale Press: Lawyers want school toxins tested before first day September 7, 2011 WSJ: Activists Find Contaminated Caulk in City Schools September 7, 2011 Gotham Schools: Parents, officials: DOE’s response to toxins in schools too slow September 7, 2011 NY1: Parents, Advocates Urge DOE To Come Clean On Contaminated Schools September 7, 2011 PIX11: Chancellor Brushes Off Contaminated Schools Report September 7, 2011 MyFox New York: Parents Worry About Chemicals in NYC Schools September 7, 2011 NY Daily News: Parents demand 31 schools be tested for toxins before school starts next week August 31, 2011 The Real Deal: Non-profits urge DOE to environmentally review leased schools August 30, 2011 Riverdale Press: Loophole let DOE take years to test toxic site August 24, 2011 WOR: PS 51 Cancer Scare Leaves Residents Rattled August 20, 2011 NY1: PS 51 Cancer Scare Ignites Calls For Accountability August 19, 2011 Gotham Gazette: As City Leases Industrial Sites for Schools, Concern About Safety Builds August 17, 2011 NY Daily News: Toxic groundwater makes Mott Haven school site unsafe for kids, teachers and residents argue July 26, 2011 WSJ: Lawsuit Blasts City PCB Plan July 21, 2011 WSJ: Lawsuit Seeks Speedier PCB Cleanup in Schools July 20, 2011 NYT: N.Y. Parents Sue to Speed PCB Cleanup in Schools July 20, 2011 WNYC: City Isn't Removing PCBs From Schools Fast Enough: Suit July 20, 2011 NY Daily News: Parents plan to sue DOE over speedy removal lights possibly contaminated with PCBs July 20, 2011 NY1: Lawyers' Suit Aims To Speed Up PCB Removal Effort In Public Schools July 20, 2011 NYT: In Fight Against Trash Station, Upper East Side Cites Injustice June 30, 2011 WNYC: Removing PCBs From Schools Now Complicated By Asbestos, Says Ed Dept April 13, 2011 NY1: Timeline For PCBs Removal From Schools Still Not Finalized April 13, 2011 NY Daily News: An asbestos setback for education department in school PCB cleanup plan April 13, 2011 NY Daily News: The PCB problem: Private firms say they can replace old school-light fixtures cheaper than city March 28, 2011 NYT: New York Proposes Delay for Waste Transfer Stations March 25, 2011 NYT: Group Faults New York on PCB Disclosures March 15, 2011 41 City Council Members Demand Quick Action on PCB Lighting in New York City Public Schools March 11, 2011 NY1: Lawmakers Demand Faster Action On PCBs In Schools March 11, 2011 NBC: NYC to Remove Toxic Light Fixtures from Schools February 23, 2011 WSJ: City in a Deal for Removing School PCBs February 23, 2011 NY Daily News: City drags its feet on antiquated light fixtures containing dangerous PCBs in schools February 23, 2011 Brooklyn Eagle: Officials Keep Pressure on City to Deal with PCBs in Schools February 22, 2011 New York Times runs NYLPI’s Letter to the Editor on PCBs February 11, 2011 OUR LATEST REPORT: PCB Lighting in NYC Schools: Dangerous, Inefficient and Obsolete February 4, 2011 NY Times: Parents Seek More Action on PCBs in Schools February 4, 2011 NY Times: High PCB Levels Detected at P.S. 56 January 26, 2011 WNYC: New Concerns About Toxic PCBs in Schools Pose Clean-Up Challenge January 21, 2011 Queens Tribune: Toxic PCBs In Hundreds Of Sites, Dept. Of Ed. Says Risk Not Urgent January 20, 2011 NY Daily News: Parent-backed inquiry finds toxic caulk in 6 public schools January 19, 2011 WNYC: PCBs Found at Another School on Staten Island January 18, 2011 WNYC: Staten Island School Found to Have Elevated PCB Levels January 8, 2011 Brooklyn Daily Eagle: EPA, City Disagree On Need To Rush School PCB Testing January 4, 2011 NY Daily News: EPA gives new guidelines to schools with light fixtures contaminated by a cancer-causing toxin December 31, 2010 Gotham Gazette: Parents, Officials Seek to Rid Schools of Toxic PCBs -- Now December 10, 2010 The Brooklyn Rail: Will the DOE Test for PCBs? December 10, 2010 Wall Street Journal: City Delays Cleanup of PCBs at Schools December 8, 2010 SiLive.com: EPA names North Shore 'a showcase community' September 23, 2010 Brooklyn Eagle: Parents to City: Remove Toxic PCBs From Schools! September 13, 2010 PRESS RELEASE: Bronx Borough Pres. Ruben Diaz Jr., Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, NY Communities for Change and NYLPI Call for the NYC DOE to Take Effective Action to Remove Toxic PCBs from NYC's Classrooms September 2, 2010 NY Daily News: Parents and pols urge city for PCB testing at 740 schools across New York September 2, 2010 NYI: Group Calls On DOE To Expand PCB Testing At City Schools September 1, 2010 NYLPI Releases List of Schools Contaminated by PCBs September 1, 2010 The Epoch Times: Parents, Officials Demand City Checks Schools for PCBs September 1, 2010 NBC: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Litigation Director Miranda Massie discusses PCBs in NYC schools on NBC Nightly News with Chuck Scarborough August 31, 2010 NYLPI Demands that EPA Maintain Protections for PCBs August 25, 2010 NY1 (English): Higher-Than-Acceptable Levels Of PCBs Found In Three City Schools August 20, 2010 SILive.com: PCB threat lurks in Staten Island schools August 9, 2010 WBAI: NYLPI Litigation Director Miranda Massie on EPA and PCBs August 5, 2010 NY1: Environment Exposed: EPA Steps In To Help April 8, 2010 NY1: Environment Exposed: North Shore Home To Two Contaminated Sites April 8, 2010 NYLPI Senior Staff Attorney Miranda Massie talks about the health hazards posed by PCB’s in New York City public schools on WBAI’s “Wakeup Call" January 21, 2010 New York Daily News: City, Environmental Protection Agency make deal to test schools for PCB toxin January 20, 2010 The New York Times: City Agrees to Conduct a Study on the Risks of PCBs in Schools January 19, 2010 The New York Times: New Randalls Island Deal With Private Schools Is Rejected December 22, 2009 NY1: S.I. Residents Demand Cleanup Of Local Toxic Sites November 5, 2009 Brooklyn Heights Courier: Data shows a possible wide-spread presence of PCBs in Brooklyn schools October 16, 2009 PRESS RELEASE: Bronx Mother to sue over toxic caulk in NYC schools PRESS RELEASE: City Rejects Community Request For Funds For Independent Review Of Maintenance & Monitoring Plan For Toxic Mott Haven Schools Site November 12, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: South Bronx Community Group Replies to City's Papers in Suit Over Toxic Cleanup at Proposed July 6, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: Statement From Dave Palmer, Staff Attorney, NYLPI June 7, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: Council Members Push Law To Close Problematic School-Siting Loophole May 7, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: Community Members/Pols Push Law To Close Problematic School-Siting Loophole As Mayor Calls For Development On Toxic Properties April 26, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: Statement From Dave Palmer, Staff Attorney, NYLPI January 9, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: NYC Council Land Use Subcommittee Set To Vote On Toxic Mott Haven Schools Site January 8, 2007 PRESS RELEASE: NYC Council Holds Hearing: Should City Build Schools On Toxic South Bronx Property? December 4, 2006 Not In My Schoolyard: Avoiding Environmental Hazards at School Through Improved School Site Selection Policies March 1, 2006 PRESS RELEASE: OWN Members Urge Speedy City Council Passage of Solid Waste Management February 7, 2006 Solid Waste Transfer Stations May 1, 2004 New York City Energy Policy: Electricity Resource Roadmap December 1, 2003 Making It In New York: The Manufacturing Land Use and Zoning Initiative January 25, 2001 Back to Press & Publications

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