The 2023 Bronx Power 100

City & State New York

The policies Mychal Johnson, the co-founder of South Bronx Unite, has been pushing for years to help alleviate the pollution and oppressive infrastructure plaguing the South Bronx is gaining support from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Ritchie Torres. Johnson and his allies in the Bronx environmental movement are pushing to cap the Cross Bronx Expressway, curb truck traffic and build more green spaces in the South Bronx. Schumer has announced $12.5 billion in federal infrastructure dollars to help cover the cost of this project.

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