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• Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  As an environmental justice Grantmaker, Fordham University will help reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next three years

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Selects Fordham University to Receive $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Projects Across EPA Region 2 as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 20, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Train Harlem, New York Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Train Harlem, New York Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Utica, New York Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  Latest funding for EPA’s Brownfields Job Training Grants is supported by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and will boost workforce training in underserved and overburdened communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Major Grant to Recruit and Utica, New York Workers for Community Revitalization and Cleanup Projects as Part of Investing in America Agenda

  • Release Date: December 8, 2023

• $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  39 grants awarded to projects in New England and New York

  EPA News Release: $12 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Environment of Long Island Sound

  • Release Date: December 4, 2023

• EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Plan Related to Combined Sewer Overflow Impacts on the Newtown Creek Superfund Site in New York City

  EPA News Release: EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Plan Related to Combined Sewer Overflow Impacts on the Newtown Creek Superfund Site in New York City

  • Release Date: December 10, 2019

• EPA Awards $1.8 Million to Cut Marine Diesel Emissions in New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $1.8 Million to Cut Marine Diesel Emissions in New York

  • Release Date: November 27, 2019

• EPA Proposes Plan Related to Combined Sewer Overflow Impacts on the Newtown Creek Superfund Site in New York City

  EPA News Release: EPA Proposes Plan Related to Combined Sewer Overflow Impacts on the Newtown Creek Superfund Site in New York City

  • Release Date: November 21, 2019

• EPA Provides Funds to Reduce School Bus Diesel Emissions in Bay Shore, N.Y.

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides Funds to Reduce School Bus Diesel Emissions in Bay Shore, N.Y.

  • Release Date: November 19, 2019

• EPA Awards $9.35 Million to New York to Improve Air Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $9.35 Million to New York to Improve Air Quality

  • Release Date: November 12, 2019

• EPA Awards 2019 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Three New York Organizations

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards 2019 Environmental Justice Small Grants to Three New York Organizations

  • Release Date: November 7, 2019

• EPA Selects Fortune Society to Receive $200,000 in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants, Helping to Transform Economically Disadvantaged Communities in New York City

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Fortune Society to Receive $200,000 in Environmental Workforce and Job Training Grants, Helping to Transform Economically Disadvantaged Communities in New York City

  • Release Date: October 31, 2019

• EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Advancing the Agency’s Commitment to Protect Human Health and Expedite Cleanups Across the Country

  Arsenic Mine in Kent, New York Added

  EPA News Release: EPA Updates Superfund National Priorities List, Advancing the Agency’s Commitment to Protect Human Health and Expedite Cleanups Across the Country

  • Release Date: October 30, 2019

• EPA Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites from the National Priorities List - the Highest Number in 18 Years

  EPA Deleted a Portion of Robintech Inc./National Pipe Co. Site in Vestal, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Provides Lasting Benefit to Communities by Deleting All or Part of 27 Superfund Sites from the National Priorities List - the Highest Number in 18 Years

  • Release Date: October 29, 2019

• EPA Acts to Reduce Childhood Lead-Based Paint Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  EPA News Release: EPA Acts to Reduce Childhood Lead-Based Paint Exposure in New York and New Jersey

  • Release Date: October 24, 2019

• EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cayuga County Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Cayuga County, New York

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Cayuga County Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Cayuga County, New York

  • Release Date: October 23, 2019