November 01, 2011

October 25, 2011

The NYC Office of Environmental Remediation is pleased to present:

Big Apple Brownfield Workshop 105:
NYC’s New Brownfield Programs:
How To Maximize Your Benefits

November 9, 2011 from 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM

FDNY Auditorium
 9 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
 (Turn left at lobby entrance)

Join the NYC Office of Environmental Remediation in a discussion about innovative ways to utilize and expedite OER’s cleanup programs.  We will be debuting Office Hours, where developers and consultants can meet with Project Managers.

Keynote Speaker:
The Honorable Caswell F. Holloway
Deputy Mayor for Operations, City of New York

For more information, please Click Here.

To register directly online, please Click Here.

September 12, 2011

MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’S FORMAL RECOGNITION OF CITY’S BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM – FIRST EVER FEDERAL RECOGNITION OF A MUNICIPAL CLEANUP PROGRAM

EPA Cites City’s Program as a Model for Other Cities

Program Revitalizes Neighborhoods by Cleaning Sites – Creating Jobs, Building Affordable Housing and Developing Open Space, Primarily in Low-Income Neighborhoods

(Photo Credit: Edward Reed)

September 02, 2011

May 25, 2011

NYC BROWNFIELD PARTNERSHIP HONORS COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN AND FIVE TOP BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT THIRD ANNUAL BIG APPLE BROWNFIELD AWARDS

On May 25, 2011, the NYC Brownfield Partnership hosted its third annual Big Apple Brownfield Awards at the NYU School of Law.  City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn received the 2011 Distinguished Service Award for her work advancing brownfield cleanup in NYC including unanimous passage of the NYC Brownfield Bill in 2009 by the NYC Council and support for the city-state collaborative agreement on liability protection in 2010.

(From left to right) Venetia Lannon, Regional Director of NYSDEC, Daniel Walsh, Ph.D, Director of NYC Office of Environmental Remediation, Honorable Christine C. Quinn, New York City Council Speaker and winner of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award, and Andrea Kretchmer, 2010-2011 President of NYC Brownfield Partnership.

The partnership recognized five of New York City’s most outstanding brownfield redevelopment projects.

• Green Building Award – Atlantic Terrace
• Affordable Housing Award – La Terraza
• Sustainable Remediation Award – New Fulton Fish Market
• Economic Development Award - Harlem River Yards
• Collaboration Award - Pratt Institute

In addition, Venetia Lannon, the new Regional Director of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation NYC Office, delivered the keynote speech, and the Partnership recognized its 2011 Brownfield Interns and Abbey Duncan Brownfield Scholars.

• Visit the NYC Brownfield Partnership Website for more information.

April 18, 2011
 

MAYOR BLOOMBERG BREAKS GROUND ON WILLIAMSBURG BROWNFIELD CLEANUP IN NATION'S FIRST MUNICIPALLY-RUN BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM

 In Three Months of Operations, NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program Has Enrolled Eight Projects that Will Clean Up 22 Tax Lots and Result in $250 Million in New Construction and 575 Permanent Jobs

All 11 Brownfield Initiatives in PlaNYC Were Accomplished in 2010; Thursday’s Update to PlaNYC Will Contain 11 New Brownfield Initiatives

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, Mayor’s Sustainability Director David Bragdon and Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) Director Daniel Walsh today announced the start of a cleanup and redevelopment of a vacant lot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The cleanup and redevelopment are occurring because of the PlaNYC New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program, the first municipally-run brownfield cleanup program in the nation. The program, launched by Mayor Bloomberg in August of last year, provides for high quality cleanups and offers liability protection and other incentives to encourage developers to use the new City program. Brownfields are vacant or underutilized properties where the redevelopment or reuse is complicated by environmental contamination.

“We have solved the problem of developers being reluctant to clean and redevelop land because the liability for clean-up was too unpredictable and potentially costly,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “The City-run Brownfield Clean-up Program, the first of its kind in the nation, breaks the cycle of disinvestment and abandonment. I’d like to thank the State DEC, the City Council, and our Office of Environmental Remediation for their impressive collaboration on this project.”

April 12, 2011

REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR THE 2011 BIG APPLE BROWNFIELD AWARDS CEREMONY

Join the NYC Brownfield Partnership in honoring New York City's most outstanding brownfield projects. The Partnership will also announce the 2011 recipients of Abbey Duncan Brownfield Scholarships.

Registration is FREE. Register here by May 9.

May 25, 2011 Greenberg Lounge - Vanderbilt Hall at the NYU School of Law 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

Schedule of events:

4:00PM NYC Brownfield Partnership meeting (all member firms and prospective member firms are invited)
5:00PM Open Networking (hors d'oeuvres and drinks served)
6:00PM Awards Ceremony

Contact info@brownfieldnyc.org with any questions.
For more information, visit www.brownfieldnyc.org

November 5, 2010

COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY RECEIVE OVER $75,000 IN CITY GRANTS FOR BROWNFIELD CLEANUP AND REVITALIZATION PLANS

Funding distributed to spur cleanup, redevelopment
and neighborhood revitalization
in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island

The Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation Director Daniel Walsh announced today that four community brownfield planning groups in Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island have received a total of $76,865 in grants to assist in furthering the identification and revitalization of local brownfields. These grants were awarded through the New York City Brownfield Incentive Grant (BIG) Program, and are part of a series of awards that fund activities and projects across New York City to promote cleanup and redevelopment of vacant, underutilized or contaminated sites.

October 15, 2010

OER LAUNCHES SEARCHABLE PROPERTY ENVIRONMENTAL E-DATABASE (SPEED)

Unprecedented GIS-based Web application is designed to promote economic development

The SPEED launch was announced
in the Blue Room at City Hall

On October 15, Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation (OER) Director Daniel Walsh announced the launch of OER's Searchable Property Environmental E-Database (SPEED). SPEED is a web-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) application that enables the public to search properties in New York City and view environmental information. SPEED is designed to encourage developers, community organizations and other non-profits, consultants, and the general public to explore potential redevelopment opportunities in neighborhoods throughout the City. Dr. Walsh announced the launch in a demonstration of the application in the Blue Room in City Hall.

SPEED is an unprecedented Environmental Web application that enables users to search properties in New York City and view government environmental databases and other environmental information in a geographic display. It displays historic maps and aerial photos, allows users to make notes about properties of interest, and prints maps and reports. The application shows data such as historic uses and other environmental information for 3,150 vacant, commercial and industrial, privately owned properties.

  September 29, 2010

NEW YORK CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION LAUNCHES GREEN PROPERTY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR REMEDIATED PROPERTIES

Certification is NYC's Expression of the Highly Protective Status of Remediated Property to Prospective Purchasers, Lessees and Occupants

New York City Office of Environmental Remediation Director Daniel C. Walsh introduces the NYC Green Property Certification Program

Director of the Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation, Daniel C. Walsh today announced the launch of New York City's Green Property Certification Program. Green Property Certification signifies the City's confidence that a property is fully protective of public health and the environment for its intended use and is an extension of the goals of the brownfield chapter of PlaNYC, the City's long-term vision for a greener, greater New York. This new certification is obtained by all properties that complete the New York City Brownfield Cleanup Program (NYC BCP).

The NYC BCP was launched by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in August 2010 and is the first municipally-run brownfield cleanup program in the nation. The certification is intended to encourage voluntary cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties by demonstrating the City's confidence in its cleanup and reuse. It is also intended to provide tangible benefits to owners and developers in their efforts to market properties that achieve the City's cleanup goals.

September 29, 2010

OER HOSTS BIG APPLE BROWNFIELD WORKSHOP

On September 29, OER held the fourth in a recent series of educational events. The "Big Apple Brownfield Workshop: New York City’s New Brownfield Programs" was held at the Brooklyn Metrotech offices of the FDNY. The workshop covered the breadth of OER’s Programs, including the NYC Brownfield Cleanup Program, the NYC Brownfield Incentive Grant (BIG) Program, the E-Designation Program, and the official launch of the NYC Green Property Certification Program. The event also featured breakout Q&A sessions, networking opportunities, and the opportunity to meet OER staff.

The event drew 150 environmental consultants, developers, property owners, and members of Brownfield Opportunity Area (BOA) committees, community development organizations, and not-for-profit organizations.

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