Staten Islanders file civil rights complaint against Bayonne Bridge project

Star Ledger NJ.com ^ | January 28, 2014

[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.

[SMGFan]

Oh what a load of..

[fieldmarshaldj]

Raise ?

[Chode]

the day they DON'T have their hand out, THAT will be news...

[R_Kangel]

" 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?

[varyouga]

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.

[Ray76]

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.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Raise ?

My first thought. Did they mean raze? Reading the article says it's too low for modern shipping.