NYU Langone gets $1.1B for Sandy repairs
NYU Langone Medical Center’s main campus at 550 First Avenue (Photo courtesy of NYU Langone) By Sabina Mollot On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced $1.13 billion in FEMA funding for Sandy...
View ArticleSeniors attend East Midtown Plaza forum on emergency preparedness
Seniors in attendance at the event held on Tuesday by the Office of Emergency Management and CERT volunteers(Photos by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel With the worst of hurricane season yet...
View ArticleTA: Broken machines, dirty laundry rooms top tenant complaints
Along with broken machines, inspections by tenants volunteers in various laundry rooms found a lack of signage, a lack of carts and a lack of timely responses to maintenance requests. (Photo by Sabina...
View ArticleBellevue gets $380M for Sandy rebuilding
Bellevue Hospital (Photo courtesy of hospital) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Bellevue Hospital Center will get a $376 million slice of federal money to cover the cost of putting right damage caused by...
View ArticleCommunity Boards 3, 6 create task force on waterfront resiliency
Kayakers fill the East River by Stuyvesant Cove Park during an event last June. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Community Board 6 and 3 recently formed a joint task force to offer...
View ArticleVA Medical Center building flood wall
Rendering of the sea wall, designed by HDR By Sabina Mollot When the wrath of Hurricane Sandy sent 14 feet of river water gushing through the streets on Manhattan’s East Side, one of the buildings to...
View ArticlePols announce upcoming workshops on East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
Congresswoman Nydia Velasquez; Chris Collins, executive director of Solar One; Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Council Member Dan Garodnick at Solar One (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria...
View ArticleCity hears community input for East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan
Some of the crowd at a workshop held at Washington Irving High School on Monday to gather information on how community residents want to interact with the waterfront (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By...
View ArticleStein Center offering program for seniors impacted by Sandy
Cars partially submerged in floodwater during Hurricane Sandy at 14th Street and Avenue C. (Photographer unknown.) By Maria Rocha-Buschel For many people living and working in Manhattan, the direct...
View ArticleIdeas for waterfront by Stuy Cove include cafes, elevated park
Area residents listen to a discussion about potential use of the waterfront at a meeting at Washington Irving High School. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel The coastal resiliency...
View ArticleBellevue Hospital to build flood wall
Waterside Tenants Association President Janet Handal has expressed concern about the project’s construction. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Bellevue Hospital is in the beginning stages...
View ArticleConstruction begins on VA flood wall
Barriers section off part of Asser Levy Park. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot Last Monday, the VA Medical Center began its long-planned work on its flood wall at Asser Levy Park. Mark...
View ArticleArea residents wary of planned ferry landing
Meeting attendees look at a model of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village with a planned elevated park at the waterfront. (Photos by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Community residents...
View ArticleVA: Flood wall now expected to be finished by end of 2016
The contractors working at the hospital site faced delays due to difficulties drilling through found materials like concrete and rocks and a tentative projected finish date for the project is the end...
View ArticleEast River flood protection plan extended to 25th St.
Meeting attendees in 2015 look at a model of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village with a planned elevated park at the waterfront. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel The plan to...
View ArticleStraphangers weigh in on ways to deal with L train shutdown
Paul Steely-White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel A transit-focused nonprofit has enlisted the public to come up with ideas to...
View ArticleNeighbors concerned over proposal for floodwalls by two playgrounds
Murphy’s Brother’s Playground (Photo courtesy of Parks NYC) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Community residents voiced their concerns about a plan to redesign two local playgrounds around a floodwall that’s...
View ArticleMTA to reduce L train shutdown by three months
Straphangers waiting for the L at First Ave. By Maria Rocha-Buschel The MTA announced at the end of last week that the L train tunnel will likely be closed for 15 months instead of the...
View Article14th St. SBS route planned ahead of L shutdown
The MTA and the city are working on plans to enhance bus and ferry service, including Select Bus Service for 14th Street. Meanwhile, work will soon begin on the Avenue A entrance of the First Avenue...
View ArticleHaven Plaza to become more disaster-resistant
The building to be located at 13th Street and Avenue C broke ground last month. (Rendering courtesy of CTA Architects) By Sabina Mollot When Superstorm Sandy struck nearly five years ago, the buildings...
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