PEAK Coalition Comments on Title V Permit for Rikers Island Facility

The PEAK Coalition – UPROSE, THE POINT CDC, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), and Clean Energy Group (CEG) – a campaign to end the long-standing pollution burden from fossil fuel-fired power plants, submitted comments to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the Title V Permit for Rikers Island Facility. The coalition urges that the draft permit be denied due to its failure to account for local law that plans for Rikers Island to eventually be shut down, as well as its lack of sufficient mitigation measures with regards to impacts on already vulnerable and overburdened communities.