Advocates hope newly secured federal funds go towards cleaning up Newtown Creek

Sen. Chuck Schumer secured $3.5 billion from the infrastructure deal that will give the Environmental Protection Agency the resources to hold polluters accountable and start cleaning up superfund sites like Newtown Creek in Greenpoint.

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