UPDATE 2: Unified Command continues response to oil and tar ball pollution on shorelines in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York

12/04/2023 06:13 PM EST

NEW YORK — The unified command consisting of Coast Guard Sector New York, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York City Office of Emergency Management, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are continuing an active response to findings of oil along the shoreline north of Coney Island Creek in the Gravesend Bay area of Brooklyn, and of tar balls at Fort Wadsworth beach in Staten Island.