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Salazar and Gonzalez announce $500,000 for the group working to bring life back to Newtown Creek

Blue crabs, fish and waterfowl have returned to a creek once fouled by a 17 to 30 million gallon underground oil spill and a Superfund site, the senators' statement says. They present the check to the Newtown Creek Alliance at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Newtown Creek Nature Walk on Greenpoint Avenue.