In the Bronx, the nation's poorest Congressional district, federal funding cuts create perfect storm
The Bronx River Greenway, a series of stitched-together waterfront parks built atop once largely abandoned and polluted wasteland, is a hard-fought victory for the country's poorest congressional district — one that locals call a 'beacon of environmental justice' built by federal dollars and water-pollution settlements from the borough's wealthier neighbors.
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