The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received a Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) application and Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan from Gramercy 252 Owner LLC for a site known as 252 Third Avenue. This site is located at 252-258 Third Avenue.

Access the application, Draft Remedial Investigation Work Plan and other relevant documents online through the DECinfo Locator here. The documents also are available at the document repository located at the New York Public Library Epiphany Branch at 288 East 23rd Street, as well as at the CB6 office at 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1404.

There are several ways to comment on BCP applications. Comments can be submitted to the site Project Manager Shawn Roberts at 625 Broadway, 12th Floor, Albany, NY, 12233-7014; via email at shawn.roberts@dec.ny.gov; or by calling (518) 402-9799. All comments must be submitted by December 30, 2022.

Site information can be viewed by entering the site ID noted above at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/derexternal/index.cfm?pageid=3

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York District is announcing a series of virtual and in-person public meetings for the New York New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries (NYNJHAT) Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) Feasibility Study.  The purpose of the meetings is to inform the public of the NYNJHAT Study Draft Integrated Feasibility Report (FR) and Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP), and to solicit public feedback on this tentative plan selection to manage coastal storm risk in the Study Area, which includes Manhattan Community District 6. For information on upcoming virtual meetings and about the study, please click here. You can submit comments until January 6, 2023.

The Mayor has a City of Yes initiative. The initiative will seek to modernize and rationalize zoning rules to help the City recover more quickly from the pandemic, to create a greener city, to support small business growth, and to incentivize the creation of housing, at all levels, in all New York City neighborhoods.

There are three proposed zoning text amendments that would be part of this initiative. Here are the details on those text amendments:

• Zoning for Zero Carbon aims to modernize the zoning regulations in support of the City’s climate goals. The changes would focus on supporting a renewable energy grid, making our buildings clean and efficient, support for electric vehicle charging and micro-mobility options, and reducing waste and stormwater.
• Zoning for Economic Opportunity is focused on providing small businesses with the flexibility needed to for them to change and grow, especially as the city recovers from COVID-19. The proposals would remove unnecessary and outdated limitations on small businesses and ensure that our storefronts are occupied, and our neighborhoods remain lively spaces.
• Zoning for Housing Opportunity is a direct response to our City’s housing crisis. This seeks to ensure that every neighborhood does its part to help meet housing needs and provide equitable access to housing for all New Yorkers.

To learn more about City of Yes, visit DCP’s website here.

Flyers describing the proposals are directly available here.

You can watch footage from the first City of Yes Public Information Session here. You can also watch footage from the second City of Yes Public Information Session here.

To get text alerts about vaccination appointments and other monkeypox updates for NYC, text “MONKEYPOX” to 692-692.

You can read more about vaccination eligibility requirements here. 

For more information about monkeypox (orthopoxvirus) please visit here.