Tag: south bronx unite
FreshDirect began construction on its distribution center in the South Bronx on Monday and protestors were present to voice their disapproval of the development project. The planned facility has raised the ire of locals primarily due to its likelihood of increasing pollution in a region that already has extremely poor air quality. For just one example, asthma […]
In what an activist has deemed “environmental racism,” FreshDirect is putting a distribution warehouse in South Bronx, further polluting an already burdened neighborhood. For two years, South Bronx Unite has been fighting the construction of the giant grocery delivery service and its army of trucks, but the project is still planned to move forward. The organization has been asked […]
