Jones collaborates with the principal environmental justice organizations 

and coalitions in New York City, such as West Harlem Environmental 

Action. Involved in many New York City-based environmental initiatives 

including the development of the 

Hudson River Greenway, the 

revitalization of Governor's Island 

and the fight for the waterfronts of 

Brooklyn and Queens, Jones's 

principal contribution to the City's 

environment was the successful 

seven-year campaign for a state law 

to clean up brownfields, 

already-polluted sites located in 

urban areas. The 2003 Brownfields 

Law provides for clean up and 

development of hundreds of dirty 

sites that can now be put to 

productive and community use.

Other New York City-based 

initiatives Jones organized for 

include Time Out from Testing, a 

City-led coalition of opponents to 

high-stakes testing in the state's 

public schools.