Anthony J. Risi lived in the Newtown Creek community all his life. He spent the early years of his life in Blissville, Sunnyside, then married and moved to Greenpoint. He struggled with a rare brain disease called PCP (Progressive Supra Nuclear Palsy) until he died on 12/30/2005.

Sunnyside, Blissville, & Greenpoint are Newtown Creek communities that are affected by multiple toxic offenders.