Standing Together

A few frames from a recent protest I covered outside the PPG Industries chromium-tainted 16-acre site along Garfield Avenue in Jersey City. While a proposed cleanup plan for the site has finally been formed, many neighboring residents do not feel the plan is enough. About 50 community members banded together outside this bleak block of the city, standing together to make ask for more.

"This is in our backyard," said Jersey City resident and active member of her neighborhood association Madeline Hartling . "The health of Jersey City residents cannot be compromised."

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