Comptroller Stringer Calls on N.Y. Economic Development Corporation to Address Cruise Ship Pollution at Manhattan and Brooklyn Terminals
February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 -- New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer issued the following news release on Feb. 24:
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- Demands a strategy to expand shore plug-in technology and reduce cruise ship emissions at Manhattan and Brooklyn Terminals
- In 2019, 214 cruise ships docked at Manhattan and Brooklyn Cruise Terminals, the majority of them idling and running auxiliary engines that are harmful to both the environment and New Yorkers' health
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- Demands a strategy to expand shore plug-in technology and reduce cruise ship emissions at Manhattan and Brooklyn Terminals
- In 2019, 214 cruise ships docked at Manhattan and Brooklyn Cruise Terminals, the majority of them idling and running auxiliary engines that are harmful to both the environment and New Yorkers' health
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