As a reminder: Tomorrow (Jan. 16) night, CB3's Parks, Recreation, Waterfront, & Resiliency Committee will receive an update on the East River Park rebuild from officials at the Department of Design and Construction.
That committee meeting, which is open to the public, starts at 6:30 p.m. in the BRC Senior Services Center, 30 Delancey St. between Chrystie and Forsyth.
This past Nov. 14, City Council signed off on the hotly contested plan that will bury/elevate East River Park by eight feet as part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project. The phased-in construction is expected to begin in the spring. (A coalition of community groups who oppose the plan is expected to file a lawsuit. Read about that here.)
Also as previously reported: There's a petition in circulation to help save the Lower East Side Ecology Center's community compost program. You find the petition at this link.
Photo Saturday by Vinny & O.
ReplyDelete"Judge Halts City's Plan to Raze Dozens of Trees in Fort Greene Park"
https://gothamist.com/news/judge-halts-citys-plan-raze-dozens-trees-fort-greene-park
"On Thursday, New York Supreme Court Justice Julio Rodriguez III ruled to place a temporary restraining order on a $10.5 million renovation of Fort Greene Park, concluding that there were gaps in the city's processes and that officials need to better back up their claims that the work wouldn't have a significant environmental impact."
I'm all for seeking alternatives, but a law suit is just going to halt things until the next big storm and then what?
ReplyDelete@7:38 Because corporations only want to appear as apart of nyc, but once time wears on a bit they will continue to cover up the parts we love so much in an effort to remain UNIFORM.
ReplyDeleteAnd this while the Hudson River Park is being given environmentally-friendly upgrades and the city is going to tear down the tow pound to expand ithe park onto the pier.
ReplyDeleteAs for the possibility of "the next big storm," vulnerable people are already protected.
ReplyDelete"The strike back with Con Edison’s four-year Fortifying the Future storm hardening program began in 2013 with the installation of more than 1,000 "smart" switches on its overhead system, submersible equipment that can withstand flooding, redesigned underground electrical networks, and numerous other steps to avoid outages."
https://www.coned.com/en/about-us/media-center/news/20171019/post-sandy-fortifications-prove-wise-1-billion-investment-customers
The East River Park rebuild, by destroying and replacing the Compost Yard with a lawn and by destroying mature trees and all of the park's biodiversity, will certainly be doing its best to **contribute** to the climate change that's driving these monster storms!
ReplyDeleteA single, 80 year old tree currently at East River Park
ReplyDeletereduces 2,104 pounds of carbon dioxide/year, conserves 1,670 kWh energy/year, removes 3 pounds air pollutants/year and intercepts 2,668 gallons of stormwater/year. A 10 year old tree absorbs 0 pollution.
Increased air pollution may cause flooding.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/07/16/421815633/how-air-pollution-may-have-caused-catastrophic-flooding-in-china
Notice the Parks Dept sign at the top of this article. Although it's been in East River Park for 20 years and organizes upwards of 1,000 volunteer park stewards a year, Lower East Side Ecology Center is left off the sign.
ReplyDeleteThis entire situation is making me ill. I cannot believe the depth of corruption and greed that permeates throughout our city government. Shame on Carolina and DeBlassio. I am the biggest fool in voting for these two selfish clowns.
ReplyDeleteIf you're not composting, you're not paying attention.
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