Nine Protestors Arrested at Harlem River Yard
Mott Haven Herald
By Roxanne L. Scott
Demonstration wants FreshDirect deal canceled
Nine demonstrators were arrested while trying to enter the Harlem River Yard in Port Morris on March 22 in a protest against the city’s deal to relocate FreshDirect.
In a festive mood, marchers walked from Brook Park 10 blocks north of the waterfront parcel where the online grocer plans to build a new facility. They sang, played drums and chanted en route, then placed sunflowers on top of the fence surrounding the site when they arrived.
The gathering was organized by the local group South Bronx Unite, which has opposed the proposed deal since the city announced it in Feburary, 2012.
“We have been fighting this fight for a very long time,” said Ivelyse Andino Austria, one of the event’s organizers while helping to kick off the event.
