Oct. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Utility giant National Grid, one of the many parties responsible for turning the Gowanus Canal into a toxic Superfund site, is claiming its fellow polluters aren’t doing their fair share to clean up the canal — and that it can no longer shoulder the cost alone.
Earlier this month, the company filed a federal lawsuit against 40 defendants — including the City of New York and Con Edison — urging the court to force them to participate in the cleanup and pay National Grid back for the money it’s spent so far.
Who’s responsible?