- Manhattan Borough President calls the proposed Harlem bus depot “absolutely unacceptable” and calls for housing instead.
- Environmental justice advocates are concerned the truck depot will exacerbate asthma conditions in the neighborhood.
By: PIX11 | January 15, 2022
Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine pushed Sunday to stop the opening of a truck depot in Harlem.
The depot, set to open near the 145th Street Bridge and the Major Deegan Expressway, is “is absolutely unacceptable,” Levine said in a series of tweets. He’s calling for housing on the site instead…
He warned the truck depot would impact the air quality in the neighborhood. Harlem is one of the neighborhoods in New York City with a higher rate of asthma, a Columbia University study found…
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