Working class waterfront communities in New York City have been fighting for environmental justice for decades through groups such as UPROSE, the longest standing Puerto Rican community organisation in Brooklyn. Hurricane Sandy marked a watershed moment where that struggle also became a climate struggle. 400,000 people marched for climate justice in 2014, which gave rise to many new groups and new alliances – and now those social movements are making huge strides in making NYC a zero carbon, zero waste city by 2050, led by young women of colour.