Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Choke the Rich? Why Upper East Side Air Pollution Might Be a Good Thing for Environmental Justice

It's time for the affluent to learn were all in this together "


A swath of pollution blankets Manhattan from the notoriously asthma-plagued East Harlem to the wealthy enclaves near Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Upper East Side townhouse to Lower East Side's hipster hangouts." Mayor Bloomberg added: "The east side of Manhattan has enormous pollution because they have a concentration of buildings."

As mentioned, part of the "east side" being referred to is the posh Upper East Side (UES). For the uninitiated, here's how New York magazine describes the UES:



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