“La meta es asegurar que nuestra comunidad no sea más vulnerable a la contaminación ambiental, para que nuestra comunidad no tenga que sufrir más asma, más problemas respiratorios”, dijo Elizabeth Yeampierre, directora ejecutiva de UPROSE.
Industry City Rezoning Plan Scrapped After Opposition
Progressives argued the plan for retail and hotels in the working-class neighborhood is outdated, particularly with the coronavirus pandemic, and that similar economic development promises made by other mega projects like Atlantic Yards and Hudson Yards were never realized. The community group UPROSE opposed the project. It said jobs related to climate change should be created there.
"The future of offices and retail and high-end luxury hotels shouldn't exist in an industrial sector," Elizabeth Yeampierre, the executive director of UPROSE, said in August. “That should be happening in other parts of the city. And our industrial sector really should be building for that climate future."
"The future of offices and retail and high-end luxury hotels shouldn't exist in an industrial sector," Elizabeth Yeampierre, the executive director of UPROSE, said in August. “That should be happening in other parts of the city. And our industrial sector really should be building for that climate future."