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Testimony by Dylan Jaff, Policy Analyst at Consumer Reports on Intro 1130
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Dylan Jaff, a policy analyst at Consumer Reports, testifies in support of Intro 1130, which aims to reduce emissions from warehouse facilities. He emphasizes the negative impacts of e-commerce distribution centers on air quality and public health, particularly in vulnerable communities.
- Highlights Consumer Reports' investigations into Amazon's warehouse expansion and its effects on communities of color and low-income residents
- Discusses the lack of publicly accessible air quality data associated with last-mile warehouse facilities
- Urges the support and passage of Intro 1130 to protect New York City communities from pollution tied to warehouse shipping traffic
Dylan Jaff
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Good afternoon, chair and members of the community.
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My name is Dylan Jaffe and I'm a policy analyst at Consumer Reports, here to express our support for Intro eleven thirty, which is a critical step to reducing emissions attributable to warehouse facilities.
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CR is a New York based independent nonprofit membership organization that works side by side with consumers to create a fair, safer and healthier world.
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With the rise of e commerce across the country and in New York, many companies are causing significant impacts to the communities living around distribution warehouse facilities, contributing to increased air pollution from diesel based delivery trucks among other negative impacts.
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Decades of studies have shown that breathing in particulates from diesel and gasoline exhaust can increase a person's chance of getting asthma and developing cancer, while also contributing to preterm births and miscarriages.
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While all New York City residents are harmed by air pollution, vulnerable communities are the most exposed to distribution warehouse traffic and its resulting polluting emissions.
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In 2021, Consumer Reports in The Guardian US published an investigative report about the rapid expansion of large Amazon warehouse facilities across the country, which showed that these warehouse facilities are typically built in neighborhoods with disproportionately high numbers of people of color and low income residents.
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More recently, in 2022, CR and The Guardian published additional reporting outlining the lack of publicly accessible air quality data associated with the operation of Amazon's Last Mile warehouse facilities, specifically in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood.
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Residents expressed concern with the increase in noise and dangerous traffic associated with these facilities, as well as the fear of additional air quality problems from increased vehicle traffic traveling through their neighborhood.
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An indirect source rule will help manage the unchecked growth of warehouse facilities and advance environmental justice by requiring mitigation measures at these warehouses, which generate significant vehicle emissions.
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Consumer Reports strongly urges you to support Intro eleven thirty and pass an indirect source rule to ensure that communities across New York City are protected from pollution tied to warehouse shipping traffic in their neighborhoods.
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Thank you.