Members of an environmental justice coalition rallied in Williamsburg on Monday to ask city and state leaders to stop expanding highways, including the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Members of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Environmental Justice Coalition and the Stop the Cross Bronx Expansion Coalition said Governor Kathy Hochul and the Department of Transportation are considering plans to widen the Cross Bronx and Brooklyn-Queens expressways, in addition to the Hudson Valley's Route 17 , despite widespread pushback from community members and elected officials.

Both expressways collectively carry nearly 300,000 polluting vehicles daily - including 13,000 trucks on the BQE - directly adjacent to schools, playgrounds, housing and public spaces in neighborhoods that low-in

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