The 2021 Bronx Power 100
City & State
By: City & State Staff
Bronx lives would have been saved had leaders and decision-makers in New York heeded the warnings of Mychal Johnson. For years, the environmental crusader sounded the alarm about pollution, asthma and environmental racism in the Bronx. When COVID-19 arrived, it found the borough weakened by highways, heavy diesel trucking, fossil fuel power plants and other air pollutants. Still, Johnson fights on, hosting a Voterfest in Mott Haven with The City ahead of the June primary to inform Bronx voters.
