It’s been a little over 3 years since Bronx residents united against corporate welfare for FreshDirect to come into the Harlem River Yards and bring thousands of truck trips through our neighborhoods — an area that already suffers from some of the highest rates of asthma in the nation.
This past December, FreshDirect, along with our Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr and other elected officials who do not represent our districts, attended a cowardly secret ground-breaking ceremony that was protested by hundreds on that very cold day.
To add insult to injury to a community that is often discriminated against and used a dumping ground for the city, the construction site sits right on a flood plain and the newly designated areas post Superstorm Sandy, and a Native American burial site.
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[…] day we won,” Chervoni says smiling, noting that the hours of testimony compelled the board to order a re-vote on the additional subsidies. But the victory was short lived. Just over two weeks ago, at a […]