Brooklyn Air Quality Monitoring Public Meeting

The Office of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso will co-host a public meeting with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation about their Community Air Monitoring Initiative for Brooklyn. DEC recently released the results of hyper-local air quality data collected in the most impacted areas of the borough. As part of the initiative, which was the largest in state history, DEC’s contractor, Aclima, Inc., used hybrid vehicles equipped with mobile sensors to measure local air pollution from cars, diesel trucks, construction equipment, commercial sources, industrial facilities, and more. They have released a website with more information about the initiative, including a detailed “story map” and interactive maps and analysis tools so anyone can review the data collected. At this meeting, Brooklynites can review this information with DEC and provide their input and feedback about their experience with air quality in their neighborhood to inform mitigation strategies developed over the next few months.