Increased clean water investment is a positive; rollbacks to CLCPA, SEQRA threaten environmental health More money will be invested in clean water infrastructure, but the longest negotiation process in years resulted in a New York State budget for Fiscal Year 2027 that Save the Sound laments will be more harmful than helpful for environmental protections. […]
Grades based on water quality data collected during 2025 swimming season About three-quarters of the Sound’s beaches had consistently clean water last summer. Seventy-seven percent of the 192 public and private Long Island Sound beaches that were sampled at least nine times during the 2025 swimming season received A or B grades from Save the […]
Program has collected water quality data from Long Island Sound bays and harbors since 2017 The 10th season of the Unified Water Study (UWS) got underway Friday morning, with Save the Sound and 30 partner organizations ready to collect water quality samples in 52 bays and harbors around Long Island Sound during the 2026 monitoring […]
Proposed approach would fail to reduce the 1 billion gallons of raw sewage entering the creek each year, threaten aquatic life, and introduce new chemical risks Riverkeeper, Save the Sound, and Guardians of Flushing Bay have filed a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) challenging the City’s plan to construct […]
Bally’s in line to develop 3 million square foot complex on 17+ waterfront acres of Ferry Point Park After a lengthy process that saw Bally’s bid to develop and operate a casino and hotel complex in Ferry Point Park in the Bronx rejected at both the community board and City Council levels, Save the Sound […]
Rye, New York – Save the Sound has launched the new Alexander Center for Ecological Action, which brings together our Ecological Restoration program and the Doherty Climate and Resilience Institute to build a healthier future for the Long Island Sound region through innovation and leadership. The Alexander Center for Ecological Action has been made possible […]
Overall failure rates drop, but high bacteria counts persist despite another dry monitoring season For the second straight year, overall failure rates dropped in Save the Sound’s annual fecal indicator bacteria monitoring season. Of the 745 water samples collected by staff and volunteer community scientists from 66 locations from Greenwich, CT, through Westchester County and […]
After months of community members expressing concern over the impact of a proposed casino project in Ferry Point Park—including rejections from Community Board 10 and the NY City Council—the Community Advisory Committee voted 5-1 Monday to allow the Bally’s Corp. application to advance to the final step in the approval process. Throughout the application process, […]
