Seton Hall is a private institution but it is still bound by the policies, laws and guidelines of the township government.
NAACP Newark NJ, Clean Water Action and the South Ward Environmental Alliance join the Ivy Hill Flood Report in the demand to halt construction until an environmental study which includes assessments on the current landscape and a stormwater study has been done as well as a plan to capture the rainwater that employs a green infrastructure.By Deborah Smith Gregory, Kim Gaddy, and Asada Rashidi
Homeowners that live in the Newark West Ward, on the streets that border South Orange, have noticed an environmental change that has negatively impacted their quality of life and damaged their property. Since 2011, severe flooding has increased in direct correlation to the expansion and building on the Seton Hall campus.
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