@Tracyworks

President & Hudson Riverkeeper @Riverkeeper; Clean Water Advocate; Perpetual Student; Optimist; She/Her; Opinions are my own

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Joined April 2009
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Commentary: Affordable housing and protecting the environment can go hand in hand timesunion.com/opinion/artic… via @TimesUnion

Commentary: Affordable housing and protecting the environment can go hand in hand

Gov. Hochul's SEQRA proposal is missing some critical safeguards for public health, sustainability and natural resources.

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Riverkeeper plans to remove dam on Newburgh’s Quassaick Creek timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/… via @TimesUnion

Riverkeeper plans to remove dam on Newburgh’s Quassaick Creek

The dam led to flooding that damaged a sewer line, costing the city more than $1 million to repair.

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We Followed the Rules. ICE Jailed Us Anyway. nytimes.com/2025/11/17/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | We Followed the Rules. ICE Jailed Us Anyway.

The brutal detention of three people who came to the U.S. legally reveals a cruel system that operates with impunity.

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It's an honor to be included in the City & State "Westchester Power 100" list. I appreciate all the other leaders included on the list, many of who I work with in pursuit of clean water & a healthy environment in Westchester #WestchesterPower100 lnkd.in/eBBMyRnv

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cityandstateny.com/power-lis…

The 2025 Westchester Power 100

The most influential leaders of the suburban county.

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“These people were not guarding information. They were guarding trust — the incalculable confidence we can place in others when we know they drink the same water we do.” nytimes.com/2025/08/11/magaz… via @NYTimes

I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down (Published 2025)

When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t.

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Lee Zeldin's Gas Price Fiasco open.substack.com/pub/jeremy…
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Discussing the importance of a @riverkeeper priority - Dam Removal: Removing aging dams could help strengthen communities facing extreme weather: Report thehill.com/policy/equilibri…

Removing aging dams could help strengthen communities facing extreme weather: Report

Eliminating obsolete or unsafe dams could help bolster community safety amid climate-induced weather extremes, watershed experts are recommending. Storms and floods have intensified in both frequen…

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Here's why you can't swim at Manhattan's newest beach gothamist.com/news/heres-why… via @gothamist

Here's why you can't swim at Manhattan's newest beach

An environmental group is pushing for a new policy that amounts to: if the water's good, let us swim.

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Commentary: Road salt use is making New Yorkers’ drinking water undrinkable timesunion.com/opinion/artic… via @TimesUnion

Commentary: Road salt use is making New Yorkers’ drinking water undrinkable

New York needs a Road Salt Reduction Council to set use limits and move communities toward more sustainable road maintenance practices.

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New York isn't doing enough to protect ancient Atlantic sturgeons, lawsuit argues gothamist.com/news/new-york-… via @gothamist

New York isn't doing enough to protect ancient Atlantic sturgeons, lawsuit argues

The fish was once so plentiful in the Hudson River it was known as "Albany beef." There were fewer than 500 in the river in 2014.

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Environmental orgs seek to pressure EPA over Hudson River PCB cleanup spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hu…

Environmental orgs seek to pressure EPA over Hudson River PCB cleanup

The EPA says PCB levels in water and fish are overall declining, but more data on fish is needed.

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Thank you @CityAndStateNY for including me in the 2024 Hudson Valley Power 100. All credit due to the amazing team @riverkeeper cityandstateny.com/power-lis…
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Thank you @SenatorHarckham for supporting @Riverkeeper's water quality monitoring program with a $100,000 NYS Senate grant. This grant helped us purchase our third vessel and our only full-time scientific research boat. riverjournalonline.com/news/…

Harckham Joins Riverkeeper on Hudson River in its New Water Quality Monitoring Boat

State Senator Pete Harckham joined the environmental advocacy organization Riverkeeper aboard its new water quality monitoring vessel, the Bob Boyle, named after the founder of Riverkeeper, on Friday...

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Thank you @riverkeeper for inviting me out on the Bob Boyle, its new water monitoring boat. I’m proud to have delivered $100K in State Senate grant funding to help purchase this boat and improve our surveillance on the health of the Hudson River.
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Riverkeeper prepares new captain to lead patrol boat program wamc.org/news/2024-09-19/riv…

Riverkeeper prepares new captain to lead patrol boat program

There’s been a changing of the guard on the Hudson River. Riverkeeper has chosen a new leader for its iconic patrol boat, following the retirement of its longtime captain.

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I want to swim in the river! Support access to more public swimming locations on the Hudson River and the waters around New York City bit.ly/3Wh1Xvv
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Tracy M Brown retweeted
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Riverkeeper’s habitat restoration team has snapped some lovely recent photos of the watershed 📸 We have so many natural wonders right here in our backyard that deserve appreciation, protection, and restoration. It’s always worth stopping and smelling the mountain laurels 💮
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🚨 The Friends of a Clean Hudson coalition rejects EPA’s draft third five-year report on Hudson River PCBs cleanup. EPA’s findings fail to protect public health & environment. We urge the public & officials to voice concerns by Oct 8! Read more here 👉ow.ly/o92S50Szebo
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