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Staten Islanders file civil rights complaint against Bayonne Bridge project
Star Ledger NJ.com ^
| January 28, 2014
Posted on 01/28/2014 4:27:51 PM PST by SMGFan
NEW YORK A Staten Island community group says a project to raise the Bayonne Bridge violates the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 by exposing minority residents of the island's north shore to toxins without providing any offsetting economic benefits.
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TOPICS: US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bayonne; bayonnebridge; bridge; civil; civilrights; civilrightsact; complaint; file; island; islanders; newjersey; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; project; rights; staten; statenisland; statenislanders
Oh what a load of..
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posted on
01/28/2014 4:27:51 PM PST
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
To: SMGFan
the day they DON'T have their hand out, THAT will be news...
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posted on
01/28/2014 4:45:16 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: SMGFan
" a project to raise the Bayonne Bridge violates the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 by exposing minority residents of the island's north shore to toxins ....".... So ...... I guess somehow if you're not a minority you are magically immune to the toxins?
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posted on
01/28/2014 4:45:37 PM PST
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: SMGFan
FYI, the warehouse for receiving yellowcake used in the Manhattan project was pretty much under this bridge and the ground is still contaminated.
The area is mostly an industrial zone with junkyards and shipyards so toxins are common.
Part of the reason housing is so cheap there is because of this.
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posted on
01/28/2014 5:10:00 PM PST
by
varyouga
To: SMGFan
Any toxins will only harm certain people and those same people will be prohibited from using the bridge.
Not only that, toxins will not affect people on the Staten Island end of the bridge - where there are in fact more minority groups than on the Bayonne side.
Bayonne side of the bridge:
Staten Island side of the bridge:
Area Zip Codes:
In other words, these people are full of it. Gold-diggers.
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posted on
01/28/2014 5:31:52 PM PST
by
Ray76
(How modern liberals think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Raise ? My first thought. Did they mean raze? Reading the article says it's too low for modern shipping.
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