(Source: Joseph Crowley) Barge Removal a Major Victory After Crowley, Advocates Call for Action (Queens, NY) - Today, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, was joined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Flushing Bay advocates at a press conference at the World's Fair Marina to announce the removal of abandoned barges that for too long have contaminated the waterway and posed a safety hazard for vessels navigating the channel in Flushing Bay. 'Flushing Bay continues to be a critical waterway for New York City as both a commercial tract and a recreational outlet,' said Rep. Crowley. 'While these...
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