Old research
Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in CWTP, Water Committee | Comments Off on Old researchlicata affidavit January 2005 notice December 2003 execsumm Dec 2003 20opn Court of Appeals Feb 2001 dseis2004fjpr March 2004
NYC DEP Minor Modification to the Croton Water Treatment Plant Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of June 2004
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in CWTP, Environmental Reviews, Projects, Water Committee | Comments Off on NYC DEP Minor Modification to the Croton Water Treatment Plant Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of June 2004Below please find the New York City Department of Environmental Proteciton Minor Modification to the Croton Water Treatment Plant Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of June 2004 Notice dated May 1, 2009 minor_modification_notice Minor Modification dated April 30, 2009 minor_modification
UnBLOGleivable – No Plan A ….or B……the City unprepared!
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Blogs, UnBLOGlievable!, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on UnBLOGleivable – No Plan A ….or B……the City unprepared!Read all about it, they have no plan for emergencies by the Jerome Park Reservoir. http://www.waterblogged.org/dinowitz-and-community-warns-no-emergency-plan-for-bronx-sci-and-surrounding-areas-of-jerome-park-reservoir/ So, even though it is not related, the demolition of Yankee Stadium has been privately bid. Who knows who got the contract, if they are vendex ...
FOILing the NPS for Yankee Stadium parks replacements
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in Environmental Reviews, Front Page News, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | 1 Comment »Below are the documents we received based upon a FOIL request to the National Park Service (NPS). These files are in pdf form and are many pages. They are grouped together generally with a letter at the end -- most ...
BCEQ Letter to the IDA on Yankee Financing
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Posted in Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on BCEQ Letter to the IDA on Yankee FinancingThis was handed in at the hearing: The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality PO Box 265, Bronx, NY 10464 communications@bceq.org January 15, 2009 Seth Pinsky, Chair New York City Industrial Development Agency 110 William Street New York, NY 10038 Dear Chair Pinsky: The Bronx Council for Environmental ...
Community Groups joined together on Yankee Funding
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Front Page News, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on Community Groups joined together on Yankee FundingSee the two letters signed by interested Bronx Community Groups. 09-01-14_yankee_stadium_letter_to_carrion__final 09-01-14_yankee_stadium_letter_to_diaz-jr_final Joyce Hogi, 2nd Vice President, Bronx Council on Environmental Quality Bettina Damiani, Project Director, Good Jobs New York New Yorkers for Parks Yolanda Gonzalez, Executive Director, Nos Quedamos Kellie Terry-Sepulveda, Executive Director, The Point CDC Joan ...
Macombs Dam Park Blog: IDA Vote 2009 Jan 16 for Yankees
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Blogs, Front Page News, UnBLOGlievable!, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on Macombs Dam Park Blog: IDA Vote 2009 Jan 16 for YankeesHello, I’m sending a note to let you know the outcome of today’s IDA vote regarding additional financing for the new Yankees and Mets’ stadiums. While most board members voted in favor of additional financing for the Yankees, John Graham, the alternate ...
NYTimes, 10.25.08 Yankees Say They Would Have Left Bronx if Pushed
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on NYTimes, 10.25.08 Yankees Say They Would Have Left Bronx if PushedOctober 25, 2008 Yankees Say They Would Have Left Bronx if Pushed By RICHARD SANDOMIR WASHINGTON — Randy Levine, the president of the Yankees, told a Congressional hearing Friday that if the city had not issued tax-exempt financing for the team’s new ...
President’s Blog, September 30, 2008: BRA Upstream Soiree
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Bronx River, President's Blog | Comments Off on President’s Blog, September 30, 2008: BRA Upstream SoireeFOR MONDAY, SEPT.22d '2008 -The Bronx River Alliance UPSTREAM SOIREE - 6PM The last time I'd visited HuntsPt Riverside Park, this little green gem in the SSBx hosted the Annual BRA.edu.com's Student Research Projects Presentations.That event had student display ...
President’s Blog, September 29, 2008: Yankee Dollar Benefit Awards
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in President's Blog, Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on President’s Blog, September 29, 2008: Yankee Dollar Benefit AwardsDear BCEQers, These are my Condensed Impressions (in my short hand) of the Sept 18th Yankee$Dollar$ Benefit$ Award$ Pre$entation Program: Ellen had warned my to take lots of quarters, but the meters were for max 2 hrs, and we arrived ...
President’s blog, September 25, 2008: Croton FMC Sept 08 meeting
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in CWTP, President's Blog | 2 Comments »COMMENTS ON THE FILTRATION PLANT MONITORING MEETING (these are not minutes, these are my ever-changing personal views and opinions.) Comments on the Facilities Monitoring Committee meeting of September 18 Christina had warned me not to park beyond the end of ...
DEP changes position, Judge disposes of moot case, We win
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 Posted in CWTP, Front Page News, Projects | 2 Comments »We finally did get a final decision by Justice Betty Stinson on the Order to Show Cause that many community groups and individuals brought against the NYC DEP for trying to go against a promise they made to the people ...
Harlem River Brownfiled Opportunity Area (BOA)
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 Posted in Harlem River BOA, Projects | Comments Off on Harlem River Brownfiled Opportunity Area (BOA)The New York State Brownfield Areas Opportunity (BOA) Program is the redevelopment planning arm of the Superfund/Brownfield Law. The Harlem River BOA proposal came out of BCEQ’s previous Harlem River conferences, and was developed in partnership with broad community participation. ...
NYC DEP is building the CWTP in Van Cortlandt Park
Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Environmental Reviews, Projects | Comments Off on NYC DEP is building the CWTP in Van Cortlandt ParkSince there is so much information on this topic, we decided to organize it by groupings. 1. GOVERNMENT - The City of New York's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) formed a Facilities Monitoring Committee as required by the City Council Approval ...
NYC DEP & the Croton Water Filtration Plant (CWTP) 2007
Sunday, November 11th, 2007 Posted in CWTP | Comments Off on NYC DEP & the Croton Water Filtration Plant (CWTP) 20072007 Publication. Back up information on the CWTP On 11/11/07, Comments on the High Cost of the CWTP, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz press release and study Click on the links in blue for more info. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection ...
Open Letter to the Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión
Saturday, October 6th, 2007 Posted in Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on Open Letter to the Bronx Borough President Adolfo CarriónOctober 6, 2007 - An Open Letter to the Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión is listed below. We are a group of Bronxites, environmentalists and community activists who have serious concerns about the development of new parking garages for the new Yankee ...
BCEQ Doctrine of Low Impact Development
Saturday, June 10th, 2006 Posted in Low Impact Development | Comments Off on BCEQ Doctrine of Low Impact DevelopmentWhereas, BCEQ is being asked to review many new development and re-development projects, we hereby adopt the following as our guideline: BCEQ Doctrine of Low Impact Development Every development project should make at least one environmental condition in its vicinity better and ...
What is a Brownfield?
Thursday, June 1st, 2006 Posted in Harlem River BOA | Comments Off on What is a Brownfield?What is a Brownfield? Brownfields in a Nutshell, June 2006 Brownfields are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Cleaning up and reinvesting ...
Yankee Stadium Redevelopment
Thursday, January 5th, 2006 Posted in Projects | Comments Off on Yankee Stadium RedevelopmentOur members do not support the taking of public parkland for private profit. The earlier Bronx precedent of taking parkland (in Van Cortlandt Park) for the “public benefit” of clean water, while specious, was (in concept) for some greater good. ...
BCEQ President Statement December 12, 2005
Monday, December 12th, 2005 Posted in Yankee Stadium Redevelopment | Comments Off on BCEQ President Statement December 12, 2005BELOW IS THE STATEMENT PRESENTED BY BCEQ PRESIDENT at the BxBP's Stadium Hearing, Monday, Dec.12th 2005 Statement by Mr. IC Levenberg-Engel, President of B.C.E.Q. (time limit 2 minutes) "When it comes to Environmental Protection, no Politician is Perfect. BP Carrion has ...
