Representative Adriano Espaillat to Host 4th Annual Environmental Justice Boat Tour on Harlem River
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Friday, October 3rd at 12:00 p.m. (EDT), Representative Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), joined by environmental justice advocates, will host his annual waterway tour to assess environmental concerns and challenges along the Harlem River corridors.
This year marks Rep. Espaillat's fourth year of the tour in collaboration with the Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds Urban Waters Federal Partnership, Harlem River Working Group, Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, Hudson River Foundation, South Bronx Unite!, and WE ACT. The tour will take place at the at the Dyckman Marina located at Inwood Hill Park, 348 Dyckman Street and proceed along the Harlem River waterway.
WHO: Rep. Adriano Espaillat
NYC and NYS Officials
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
NYC Department of Parks
NYC Economic Development Corporation
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
US Army Corps of Engineers
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality
Harlem River Coalition
City College
Columbia University
New York Restoration Projects
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
WHAT: Press Availability to Address Environmental Justice on the Harlem River
WHEN: Friday, October 3, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. (EDT), immediately before the tour.
WHERE: Dyckman Marina
Inwood Hill Park
348 Dyckman Street
New York, NY 10034
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Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his fifth term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities and serves as Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the committee during the 119th Congress. He is Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.
Media inquiries: Candace Person at Candace.Person@mail.house.gov