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Port Newark 101

Understanding the Hidden Cost of the Moving Goods in Newark

Nicole Scott-Harris, Newark Organizer NJEJA - "Take Back Port Newark"

The Port Authority of NY & NJ

 Established in 1921, as a bi-state quasi-governmental agency, covering

• ver 1500 square miles in New York and New Jersey

 In 2012, earned nearly $60 billion ($80 billion before wages)  Employees: nearly 600,000 agency-wide  New Jersey & New York Ports Generate $15 Billion (Newark gets $78

Million out of $569 Million PANYNJ make in Rent

 Newark Residents Make Up Less than 8% of Port Newark Employees

Port Pollution and People

 Newark Residents are Affected by Diesel Pollution

Resulting from the Goods Movement Industry from the Nation’s Third Largest Seaport

 Port Emissions from Multiple Sources, Including

Port Trucking, Cargo Equipment, Ships and Locomotives are a Serious Public Health Threat

 Long-term Exposure to Diesel Particulate Causes

Cancer, Coronary Disease, Asthma and Other Respiratory Diseases

 Newark’s Asthma Rate is 27%, Compared to the NJ

Statewide Average of 12%

Cumulative Impacts: The problem of the interaction of

multiple pollutants with each other and with social vulnerabilities is often referred to as “cumulative impacts”.

Raising the Bayonne Bridge: What’s at stake???

For Port Communities...

PANYNJ Talking Points…

• Significant, Long-term Investment in Our Region
• Larger, More Efficient Ships and Cleaner Air for “Our” Neighbors
• Wider Lanes, Shoulders and Median Dividers Will Make the Bridge Safer for Drivers
• Installation of A Bikeway, Pedestrian Walkway, and Access Ramps
• 2014-1018 Will Support Nearly 2800 Jobs and $240 Million in Wages throughout the

Construction Industry

Community Benefits Agreement (CBA):

A contract signed by community groups and a real estate developer that requires the developer to provide specific amenities and/or mitigations to the local community or neighborhood.  First Source Hiring & Job Training  Enforcement of Labor Standards, such as Ban the Box, Minimum

Wage, and Paid Sick Leave

 Advocate for More Contracting with Local Small Businesses

(WBE/MBE) in PANYNJ Development Projects

 Establish an Environmental Mitigation Fund to Implement Local

Community-Based Projects to Reduce, Buffer, or Minimize the Impacts of Air Pollution on Port Adjacent Communities

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