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Caption and Photo: New York Power
Authority Helps Launch Bronx River Alliance Summer Canoe/Kayak
Program
May 9, 2007
Caption:
Gathered for the presentation of the New York Power
Authority’s (NYPA) $4,500 donation to the Bronx Alliance summer
canoe/kayak program are, from left to right, Bronx River Alliance
Chairman Dart Westphal; First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris;
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz; Councilman Oliver Koppel; Commissioner
Adrian Benepe, City of New York Department of Parks; Sobeida Cruz,
director of public & governmental affairs for the Bronx and Lower
Hudson Valley, NYPA, and Bronx River Alliance Executive Director
Linda Cox.
The presentation took place just before the launch
of the first of the over 80 kayaks and canoes in the annual Bronx
River Flotilla on Saturday, May 5th. Participants paddled down the
river from 219th Street to where it empties into the East River by
Hunts Point/Soundview.
Photo
Photo Credit: NYPA
For more information, please contact:
Ed Birdie
914-390-8180
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