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HELP! Preserve the north end of East River Park AND gain oversight on construction

Posted on October 11, 2023June 16, 2024 by East River Park ACTION

Sign the Petition! Four years ago, our Lower East Side/East Village community petitioned the City Council to reconsider the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) plan that would demolish its beloved mile-long East River Park and build a massive levee. Less destructive alternatives were possible. Our voices went unheard. Today, we face the consequences as the…

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Public Art, or More Construction?

Posted on October 5, 2023October 5, 2023 by East River Park ACTION

New sculpture adds more dystopia to East River Park An art installation, “Joined an Avalanche, Never to be Alone Again,” opened October 4 at the foot of the temporary Corlears Hook Park bridge. The piece features gravel, corrugated steel, core samples, repurposed fencing from the FDR–and asphalt.  At a recent walk-through, the DDC Public Artist in Residence Carlos Irijalba…

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Our Health and Environment

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Pat

Make it Better July 26 was our first general meeting of East River Park Action in almost two years. The last time was in October 2021 at the still-existing amphitheater. The unrevised East Side Coastal Resiliency project is now under construction.  Do not despair! There is much we can do to improve our health and…

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Make Parkland and Public Transit

Posted on June 7, 2023 by East River Park ACTION

Not More Emissions from the FDR In 2019, when the City Council approved the East Side Coastal Resiliency project that would create a levee alongside the East River, the city promised to study the viability of covering the six-lane FDR Drive. It would add parkland and additional flood control and also stem emissions and noise…

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Appeal to Gov. Hochul

Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

On September 20, 2021, East River Park Action formally asked the Governor of the State of New York, the Honorable Kathy Hochul, to convene an investigation into the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project immediately, especially the sewer infrastructure alterations, given that the tragic removal of nearly 1,000 drainage – and air quality – critical trees…

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Stringer Declines to Sign Contract

Posted on July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

Park Destruction Stalls for a Possible 60 days On Wednesday, July 28, news broke that Comproller Scott Stringer did not sign the IPC Partners contract at hand, but instead sent it back to the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) to address concerns. This came after Christopher Marte, winner of the Democratic primary race for…

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Lawsuit Filed for Unredacted Value Engineering Report

Posted on April 5, 2021May 30, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

What’s wrong with the flood control plan for the Lower East Side? Let’s see the report and find out, says a new lawsuit.  NYC may have to reveal the contents of a hidden study that supposedly justified the complete destruction of East River Park and the building of a giant levee at double the cost…

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Over Budget

Posted on March 25, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

The CONSTRUCTION BIDS are in, and they are off-the-charts. Not in a good way.  The lowest bids for the East Side Coastal Resiliency project will cost $73 million more than the $1.45 billion budget… and they’ve barely started. These bids do not include the new ‘parallel conveyance’ for the enhanced sewer system, or other major components of the plan. Where…

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A Student’s View

Posted on March 9, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

This letter is from Lower East side eighth grader Amalia H. She tells Gov. Cuomo how East River Park is her refuge and gives a cogent argument for a change in plans to demolish the park. The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York StateNYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 RE: East River…

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No Value

Posted on January 9, 2021January 14, 2021 by East River Park ACTION

City Admits THERE IS NO VALUE ENGINEERING STUDY—Mayor Bill de Blasio cited this study in 2018 as the reason to demolish East River Park New York, January 9, 2021— In a reply Friday to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request, NYC’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) stated that the City’s Value Engineering Report on the East…

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