New York City Department of Environmental Protection - Wed July 17, 2024
New York City Installs Porous Pavement Along Brooklyn Streets to Combat Flooding
Work is currently under way to install 7 mi. of porous pavement along Brooklyn-area roadways in New York City to help better manage stormwater and reduce flooding and sewer overflows. The city's Department of Design and Construction (DDC) is managing the $32.6 million contract, with construction anticipated to be finished in the fall of 2025....
Skanska - Wed July 17, 2024
Skanska JV Awarded Contract by Amtrak for East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project in New York
Skanska, a global construction and development firm, and joint venture partner, E-J Electric Installation Co., announced it has been awarded a contract by Amtrak to lead the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project in New York....
Office of Mayor Eric Adams - Tue June 18, 2024
Adams Administration Introduces New Tools to Address NYC's Affordable Housing Crisis
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Adolfo Carrión, commissioner of the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), announced June 14 the implementation of two critically-needed tools to address the city's housing crisis....
NYC.gov - Tue June 04, 2024
New York City Leaders Break Ground On $18.2M Agricultural Education Center in Brooklyn
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and senior administration officials broke ground June 1 on the new $18.2 million Marlboro Agricultural Education Center at the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) Marlboro Houses in Gravesend, Brooklyn....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Wed May 29, 2024
To Better Manage Extreme Rainfall, NYC Invests $128M to Add Storm Sewers
The NYC Departments of Environmental Protection (DEP), Transportation (DOT) and Design and Construction (DDC) joined community members and local elected officials to celebrate the completion of two infrastructure projects totaling $128 million in Whitestone, Queens, that added nearly 6 mi....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Wed May 29, 2024
NYC Begins $41M Reconstruction of Historic Tide Gate Bridge in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
NYC Parks (Parks) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) joined Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and other local officials to break ground on a $41 million project that will renovate Tide Gate Bridge in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, also known as Porpoise Bridge....
Urbanize New York & NYC - Thu May 09, 2024
Ground Broken at Site of Lower Manhattan's $200M Battery Coastal Resiliency Project
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other local officials broke ground May 6 on the Battery Coastal Resilience Project, a $200 million effort to protect Lower Manhattan from coastal storms and other impacts of climate change....
Streetsblog NYC - Wed April 10, 2024
New York City DOT Unveils Plans for Its Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Upgrades
The streets on both ends of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge over the East River in New York will be remade this summer into safer, people-first spaces as part of the long-awaited reopening of the span's south outer roadway, designed to finally give cyclists and pedestrians a separate path to walk and ride on....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Tue February 27, 2024
New Storm Sewers, Upgraded Water Mains, Sanitary Sewers to Alleviate Flooding
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced the completion of a $4.7 million infrastructure project in Westerleigh, Staten Island, that upgraded water mains and sanitary sewers, and added new storm sewers to combat flooding in the area, as well as improvements to roads and sidewalks....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon February 26, 2024
VIDEO: Mayor Adams, DDC, NYC Parks Break Ground On $92M Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center On Staten Island
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Sue Donoghue broke ground on the new $92 million Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center in Tompkinsville, Staten Island....
