Welcome to OEC's updated Web site. As you browse our pages, you will learn more about the three major environmental issues that we address: environmental review (CEQR) and green buildings.

An initial public scoping meeting was held on February 13, 2008 to receive comments on the Draft Scope of Work for the original Coney Island Rezoning Project.  Following this scoping meeting, the City continued dialogue with stakeholders and has reviewed and considered comments received during this process.  As a result, the rezoning plan has been modified to achieve a better balance between indoor and outdoor amusement and entertainment uses in the proposed Coney East Subarea and reduced the proposed amount of mapped parkland to accommodate additional development for enclosed amusement and entertainment uses.

As a result of modifying the rezoning plan, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, as lead agency, has issued a revised Environmental Assessment Statement, a revised Positive Declaration and a Draft Scope of Work for a modified Coney Island Rezoning Project and has directed that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) be prepared.

A second public Scoping Meeting to receive comments on the Draft Scope of Work for the modified rezoning project will be held at Abraham Lincoln High School, 2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 6:00 PM.

Public Scoping is the process whereby the public is invited to comment on the proposed scope of analysis and identification of issues to be addressed in the DEIS as outlined in the Draft Scope of Work for the project.

Copies of the revised Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS), revised Positive Declaration and Draft Scope of Work, as well as the original documents, are available for download here:

The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, as lead agency, issued a Positive Declaration for the East 125th Street Development Project and directed that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) be prepared.  A public scoping meeting was held on July 19, 2007 at the Taino Towers, 2253 Third Avenue, New York, NY, to receive comments on the Draft Scope of Work for the DEIS.  On February 15, 2008, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development issued the Final Scope of Work for the DEIS.  On March 19, 2008, the Notice of Completion for the DEIS and the DEIS were issued.  These documents are all available for download here:

On Earth Day, April 22, 2007, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York in a sweeping policy speech containing 127 separate initiatives.  PlaNYC is the culmination of thousands of hours of work, informed by public meetings and feedback from New Yorkers, designed to achieve the sustainability goals that the Mayor laid out in a December 12, 2006 speech at the Queens Museum. Those goals include: housing an additional 1 million New Yorkers affordably; increasing access to parks, playgrounds and open spaces; reclaiming brownfields; developing critical backup systems for our aging water network to ensure reliability; providing additional reliable power sources and upgrading our existing power plants; reducing water pollution so we can open our waterways for recreation; and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 30%.
Read the brownfields section of the report.

On April 2, 2007, pursuant to executive order 97 of 2006, the Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination published final rules to implement the City's Green Building Law, Local Law 86 of 2005.
The final rules are available here. These final rules are effective immediately pursuant to a Statement of Substantial Need for Earlier Implementation

The Director of the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination has found that the NYC Green School Guide developed by the NYC School Construction Authority describes a green schools rating system that is not less stringent than the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® New Construction, version 2.2 for the achievement of a LEED® Certified rating.  This was published in the City Record on March 14, 2007 and is available here.  This finding was based on an independent review by the consulting firm Davis Langdon whose report can be viewed here. NYC Green Schools Guide can be viewed here.