Climate Justice Faces Industry Rezoning: Sunset Park‘s Battle for

Sunset Park faces the same forces of gentrification too many New Yorkers know with the addition of a huge working waterfront at our harbor. Industry City, a developer’s dream for destination retail, has already demonstrated it is not a destination for the local population. Add to this the inevitable water rising from climate change, the potential for a green and resilient infrastructure is huge. Industry City’s proposed rezoning is being challenged by activists in the neighborhood, proposing instead a Green Resilient Industrial District. UPROSE, one of the oldest, Latinex led environmental justice organizations, has been on the frontline of this struggle. Come hear Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director of UPROSE, discuss the principles of Climate Justice and how this battle for a working waterfront resembles the global fight for community care and resilience planning over the extraction of profits for the few.