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Billions of gallons of untreated sewage flow into New York City’s rivers, creeks, bays, and canals every year, due to a flaw in an older sewer system. Though the city has made some progress, we’re entering a critical new phase of this work and advocates want a bigger role for public input. To talk about what the next part of the clean-up plan could look like, Jarrett is joined by Julie Welch, program manager for the SWIM Coalition, and Mike DuLong, senior attorney for RiverKeeper.