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Press Coverage

SWIM Coalition OFFERS EXPERTISE

SWIM Coalition is comprised of locals and organizations with knowledge of stormwater issues, as well as the needs and assets of NYC communities. 

 

Interested in speaking with a SWIM expert? Contact us.

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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

 

Metro Forensics - NYC Announces Major Expansion of Nationally Recognized Green Infrastructure Program to Further Health of Local Waterways

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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

 

New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA) - NYC Leads Green Infrastructure Movement: Blueprint to Achieve Greener Stormwater Systems

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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

 

Streets Blog - SWIM Coalition Kickoff: Groups to Ask Mayor Bloomberg to Make Waterways Clean Enough for Swimming

 

New York Times - Opinion: Pipe Dreams

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