Labor unions and environmental activists are celebrating the end of a deal between Amazon and the Port Authority to build a massive cargo hub at Newark Liberty International Airport. 

At a Friday press conference, a coalition of nonprofits chanted “shame, shame, shame, our communities are not a game,” claiming victory after a 10-month fight opposing the 250,000 square-foot cargo facility. They’d said it would spew emissions in an already polluted area and could displace union jobs that better protect workers.

The airport straddles the cities of Newark and Elizabeth. 

“We have to push back on these corporations who think they can come into our community and pollute our communities,” Kim Gaddy, founder and CEO of the South Ward Environmental Alliance in Newark, said. “One in four children in this city have asthma right now. We don't need more trucks. Look around — they’re everywhere.”

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced on Thursday the agency and Amazon had agreed to pull out of negotiations to finalize a 20-year lease.