Pollution burdens nearly half of New York and communities of color most harmed – report

Publication by mayor's office of environmental justice is first comprehensive survey of environmental inequalities

Nearly half of all New Yorkers live in areas with disproportionate" burdens from pollution, a city report has found. Most affected are communities of color, which are also more vulnerable to impacts from climate change, according to a citywide assessment released on Friday.

We've had the orange sky last year, we're going to have more recurrent extreme weather events that are going to impact the most vulnerable in our communities," said Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UpRose, an environmental justice group based in Brooklyn.