Long Beach, NY Follows Surfrider's Lead

There was an awesome showing of organized community support at a

Long Beach

,

NY

public hearing last week.  This meeting was packed with 500 people and most were opposed to the Army Corps’ massive dredge and fill beach replenishment project.  Not all of them were Surfrider Foundation members, but many were there because Surfrider made this an issue in the community.  Read more here.

Jeff Kupferman of

Long Beach

,

NY

speaks out against an Army Corp project.

Jeff Kupferman, a lifelong resident of

Long Beach

who has been leading the community against this project was one of dozens who spoke out against it. “We don’t want anyone to think we are against this project just so we can ride a bunch of waves.”  Jeff pointed out that concerns about swimming safety, bayside flooding, altering and degrading the beach and marine environment, and the loss of fishing habitat all played a role in people’s opposition to the project.  While Jeff lead the way the last few months, activist Ericka D’Avanzo did a superb job in organizing support outside of the typical surfer circles early on.  The New York City Chapter leaders like Cat Began and Joel Banslaben have spent years working on this and Chris Manthey provided invaluable technical support and advice.

 

A Packed house in

Long Beach

,

NY

Comments

[Michael Caruso]

What happened to the pictures? There really was a fantastic turnout, people should be able to see it. I have pictures if needed, contact me at the email address supplied.