# Introducing: Hazard NYC

An episode of [Drilled](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1439735906), 19 Feb 2024, 2:23.

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Check out the limited-run series Hazard NYC from The City, all about how climate change intersects with Superfund sites in New York City. Start with episode one here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:01] Speaker 1: Hi, It's Amy Westervelt back in your feed with a
[0:03] Speaker 1: podcast I think you'll enjoy. This show's called Hazard NYC
[0:09] Speaker 1: and it's from our friends at the City. In this episode,
[0:13] Speaker 1: Samantha Maldonado, senior reporter at the City, and independent journalist
[0:17] Speaker 1: Jordan Gaspere take listeners to the gowanis Canal, where pollution
[0:23] Speaker 1: from an industrial past haunts its redeveloped future and current
[0:28] Speaker 1: flooding is expected to get worse. Check out Hazard NYC,
[0:33] Speaker 1: a four part limited series exploring how climate change affects
[0:37] Speaker 1: the city's super fun to sites from FAQ NYC. It's
[0:43] Speaker 1: produced by the nonprofit news outlet The City Fine Hazard
[0:47] Speaker 1: NYC under the FAQ NYC banner. It was a filthy,
[0:55] Speaker 1: contaminated cesspool. All we had to do is look at
[0:58] Speaker 1: the water.
[0:58] Speaker 2: The smell was so bad that it could make you
[1:01] Speaker 2: want to vomit. This is Hazard NYC, a special mini
[1:06] Speaker 2: series from FAQNYC that explores some of New York City's
[1:10] Speaker 2: most toxic sites.
[1:12] Speaker 3: Places so contaminated the federal government saw fit to step in.
[1:15] Speaker 2: And climate change adds to the danger.
[1:20] Speaker 1: It takes decades sometimes to do these cleanups. We really
[1:23] Speaker 1: need to figure out how to speed those things up,
[1:25] Speaker 1: because from clocks sticken.
[1:28] Speaker 3: I'm Samantha Maldonado, a reporter with the City, and I'm
[1:31] Speaker 3: Jordan Gospore, an independent journalist. Follow us on a tour
[1:35] Speaker 3: of New York City's dirtiest places.
[1:37] Speaker 2: And what's at stake with the cleanups before it's too late.
[1:41] Speaker 3: Listen to Hazard NYC beginning in February right here on
[1:44] Speaker 3: FAQ NYC.
[1:47] Speaker 2: Hazard NYC was made possible by support from the Fund
[1:50] Speaker 2: for Investigative Journalism. The project was produced in partnership with
[1:54] Speaker 2: McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School
[1:57] Speaker 2: of Journalism and as part of the Pulitzer Centers Connected
[2:00] Speaker 2: Coastlines initiative. Hazard NYC is sponsored by Brooklyn Solar Works.

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