Children First

A grassroots movement of concerned parents opposed to the unchecked development of 250 Water St and advocating for the health and safety of our children first.

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

A must-read on our fight to protect our children from toxic chemicals at #250WaterStreet
https://t.co/9juefbLo2y @janemargolies @nytimes @SaveOurSeaport

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Send an email to protect our Historic Seaport and our children! - https://t.co/iOZZ8nuEVw

[Seaport Coalition @SeaportCo]

Say 'NO' to @HowardHughesCo Twin Towers at #250WaterStreet. Save the Historic South Street Seaport! Sign our petition: https://t.co/QKxYZM0zgl 5,700 have signed Let’s get to 7,500! #SaveTheSeaport #SouthStreetSeaport @nyclandmarks @NYCEDC @nycgov @NYCMayorsOffice @SeaportMuseum

[Seaport Coalition @SeaportCo]

Say 'NO' to @HowardHughesCo
twin Towers @ #250WaterStreet. Save the Historic South Street Seaport! Sign our petition: https://t.co/QKxYZM0zgl 5,900 have signed Let’s get to 7,500! #SaveTheSeaport #SouthStreetSeaport
@nyclandmarks,@NYCEDC @nycgov @NYCMayorsOffice @SeaportMuseum

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

TONIGHT! At 6pm we hear results from the investigation of the 250 Water Street lot. Please join. Link to login here:
https://t.co/HLkNkc80hM #childrenfirst #safeschoolsareahumanright

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Calling all @childrenfirstny families and friends -- Please join two important meetings this week about the 250 Water St lot. TOMORROW (Monday) night we'll hear findings of the investigation.
Details here: https://t.co/HLkNkc80hM

[Margaret S. Chin @CM_MargaretChin]

When you drop your kids off, the only thing you want is to know they're safe.

This reassurance is what parents demand at 250 Water St., and why I'll intro a bill to create a City standard for construction-related mercury vapor exposure. @ChildrenFirstNY
https://t.co/glFP3s4oJy

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

"When you drop your kids off at school, the only thing you want is to know that they're safe." -@CM_MargaretChin . Thank you for moving NYC a huge step closer to this goal in creating a bill to protect children from mercury in schools. #grateful #childrenfirst #safeschools

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Thank you to @CM_MargaretChin, her team, and all the parents and residents who came out to support this new legislation to protect school children from toxic mercury vapor! Watch this video for more details on the bill that will be introduced TOMORROW! 👏
https://t.co/SeYVqZ99CT

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Please join us TODAY at 3pm at Peck Slip School for rally with @CMargaretchin- she is introducing new NYC legislation to protect our school children from mercury exposure! Join our show of support for her team!! #childrenfirst #grateful

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

With this most recent public comment period closed just minutes ago, a big THANK YOU to all the community members who took the time to sign, write and send in letters to the DEC. It is our continued engagement which will ensure the safety of our families. #childrenfirst

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Deadline TONIGHT: We're so moved reading the appeals from parents to KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE! If you haven't already, please send an email to the DEC to demand they put our children’s health over corporate profits. Copy/paste/edit as you wish: https://t.co/9iQFMtJKyJ

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Deadline TODAY: Please send an email to the DEC to demand they put our children’s health over corporate profits. A simple copy and paste of this letter into an email is all you need to do. THANK YOU!: https://t.co/9iQFMtJKyJ

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

It's go time! Deadline tomorrow THURS JAN 16: Please send an email to the DEC to demand they put our children’s health over corporate profits. A simple copy and paste of this letter into an email is all you need to do. THANK YOU!: https://t.co/TGI4j0THXe

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Following closely the reports of elevated mercury levels at this Northport Long Island Middle School. Kudos to the parents, students, and teachers for demanding testing and advocating for their own health and safety. #childrenfirst https://t.co/OkLGPcMPwE

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Closely following the mercury spill news in Houston (ie HHC HQ). Just a pint of mercury, more than 60 exposed and a pregnant woman hospitalized.Does @howardhughesco still question #mercury toxicity? @abc @nypost #childrenfirst https://t.co/Q2AjN4frvp

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Thank you @NYSDEC for hearing the community and agreeing to extend the public comment period for the RIWP on 250 Water Street. The new deadline is Monday, December 2nd!

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

What we love about the historic South Street Seaport and what do we imagine it to be:

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Having deja vu at Pier 17 where in March we organized at the Town Hall about the toxic waste at #250WaterSt and then rallied in May at the @HowardHughesCo shareholder meeting. Tonight we are gathered again with our neighbors to advocate for the historic South Street Seaport.

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

"Another Children First activist @EmilyHellstrom1 a Peck Slip School parent, questioned what she maintained were financial incentives to cut corners in the testing. “It isn’t as though we haven’t seen organizations and governmental institutions downplay significant toxic threat."

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

Thank you @TribecaTrib for covering our fight for a safe remediation at #250WaterSt! @LudditeIsh @graceleeandco @EmilyHellstrom1 @MamaDowntown @SaveOurSeaport @SeaportPreserve
https://t.co/e75jkas4ZO

[Children First @ChildrenFirstNY]

"Grace Lee (@graceleeandco), the mother of a 4-year-old at the Blue School and co-founder of Children First, a group of concerned parents, said she wants to see a reduction in the level of airborne mercury vapor that the state deems acceptable."