There’s just a week to go before the D.C. Council takes its final vote on the RFK stadium redevelopment deal. A coalition of more than 30 organizations, many of which previously opposed the project, is making a last-ditch effort to secure changes they say are critical to protecting the environment and ensuring community benefits.

In a Hail Mary joining of forces, the coalition is urging lawmakers to strengthen environmental protections, clarify and enforce the community benefits agreement, and move up the timeline for affordable housing construction.

“Sure, I think after the first vote that happened with the council, there was a lot of great progress that was made,” said Nisha Patruni, a member of the RFK Future Task Force and a Kingman Park resident. “But as a group of invested communit

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