The Legacy of the Cross-Bronx and a Future Without Environmental Racism

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 14, 2021

Nilka Martell, founder and director of the community-based non-profit organization Loving the Bronx, and Peter Muennig, professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, discuss a proposal to cap portions of the Cross-Bronx Expressway in favor of new green spaces and housing.

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