What’s Going on with the Bid Boondoggle?

This graphic shows just two of the many fatal flaws in the East Side Coastal Resiliency project that will demolish East River Park (Project Area 1–PA1 in the graphic below). The high bidder is suing the low bidder and both bids eat up more than what is left of the $1.45 billion budget—after all the planning costs and the already-started construction from 14th St. to 23rd streets are taken into account.

East Side Coastal Resiliency: The “Constructible” Alternative. Chart demonstrating boondoggle bidding.

To see the Comptroller’s report, see this link

This wonderful park we are trying to preserve is forever Indigenous land of Lenapehoking. We hope to honor and respect the land of this park by advocating its use as a resilient flood-absorbing sponge working with the river-side ecosystem, rather than in defiance of it. We oppose the ESCR project that continues assault on the land and recognize it adds a layer of injury to the ongoing systemic oppression of the original stewards of this land, the Lenapeyok People.