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2017
Riverkeeper Blog - Happy 10th Anniversary to the SWIM Coalition in NYC
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Courthouse News - NYC Beachgoers Beware, EPA Hit With Sprawling Sewage Suit
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NRDC Expert Blog - We're in Court, as EPA, NY State, NYC Fail on Clean Water
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Queens Chronicle - Envisioning Cleaner Flushing Bay Waters
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2016
City Limits - Stormwater is New Challenge to City's Clean Water Plans
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City Limits - City and State Remain at Impasse Over Clean Water Moves
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2015
Riverkeeper - SWIM Coalition Honors Carter Strickland
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2014
City Limits - Critics Slam City Plan to Reduce Sewage Spills
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NRDC Switchboard - Is NYC Content to Lead the Nation in Raw Sewage Discharges?
Waterfront Alliance - NYC Council Talks Turkey with the SWIM Coalition
JLC Online - NYC Adopting Green Remedies for Stormwater Runoff
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NY League of Conservation Voters - Policy Forum on Green Infrastructure
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Times Ledger - Boaters Battle Flushing Bay Pollution
Inhabitat - Apply for NYC Green Room Tax Abatement
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SWIM - NYC's Green Past, Present, and Future
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2013
Town-Village - Last Paddle of the Season at Stuy Cove
Deep Root - Green Roofs Certified Wildlife Habitats
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2012
City Atlas - Manhattan's East Side Waterfront Gets Kayaks
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Capital New York - Gray and Green: The Story of a Big-City Sewer System that Worked Too Well
HighView Creations - Highview Creations and SWIM Take on NYC Green Roof Tax Credit
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2011
Huffington Post - On World Water Day, Splashing for a Swimmable NYC
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PBS - With Public Lab, A Camera Flies in Brooklyn to Monitor Pollution
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Human Impacts Institute - Poop in the Water and Community Awareness: HII and SWIM
CS Monitor - Green Solutions for NYC's Overflowing Sewers
Alive Structures - July SWIM Meeting
Alive Structures - Sewage in NY's Rivers
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Local Ecologist - How to: Sustainable Parks and Open Spaces
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2010
WNYC - NY Looks to Philadelphia for Ideas on Sewer Overflow Issues
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Friends of Brook Park - Presentation at SWIM
Green Home NYC - Mind in the Gutter
Green Roofs - Take a SWIM Coalition Green Roof Tax Credit Survey
Archidose - Minds in the Gutter, Recap
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2009
Green Roofs Awards of Excellence - SWIM Receives 2009 Civic Award of Excellence: Organization
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2008
Observer - Sustainable South Bronx: Helping The Bronx Become a Sustainable Community
Fordham - Solving a Crisis: Water Quality & Storm Water Infrastructure in NYC
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Atlantic Yards Report - Will Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 Survive his Mayoralty? Should it?
Tree Hugger - Advocating a Sustainable Stormwater Plan for NYC
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2007
Sustainable Flatbush - Stormwater Infrastructure Matters
New York Times - Opinion: Pipe Dreams
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