14 FEBRUARY 2020

ConEd developing $13M curbside EV charging program with AddEnergie

Consolidated Edison is preparing to roll out a curbside electric vehicle (EV) charging network pilot across New York City's five boroughs, and expects 60 dual-charger posts (for a total of 120 Level 2 plugs) to be available beginning this fall.

UTILITY DIVE

12 JUNE 2019

De Blasio's plan to buy hydropower sparks criticism

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would purchase about half the power from the planned 1,000-megawatt line, known as the...[more]

CRAIN‘S NEW YORK BUSINESS

5 JANUARY 2018

Bronx juvenile center’s conversion to affordable housing gets fresh renderings

The five-building complex will be completed in three phases...[more]

CURBED

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MAY 2018

THE RESTORATIVE BARRETTO POINT PARK: WATERS, GREENERY, AND RECREATION

Tucked away beside an industrial area of Hunts Point in the South Bronx, Barretto Point Park, which officially opened in 2006, still dazzles some who helped to transform the six acres into a place of a beauty, [more]

CENTER FOR HUMANS & NATURE

MARCH/APRIL 2017

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NYC EmbracesElectric Cars

ReachNow has launched a new model for electrical vehicle care sharing in Manhattan....[more]

www.ccim.com

3 MARCH 2017

The Bronx Is Building

On parking lots, rubbly plots and the occasional community garden, the Bronx seems awash in new apartments...[more]

The New York Times

11 JANUARY 2017

These New Apartments Come With A shared Car

On-demand mobility changes the game for developers trying to meet outdated parking requirements on their new buildings...[more]

fastcoexist.com

The exclusive service is meant to attract millennials who don't want the hassle of owning a car and prefer to buy mobility on-demand.

The program could be a model to widen access to mobility services and reduce the need for mandatory parking spaces in new developments.

For instance, New Rochelle, in Westchester County allows developers to ditch three conventional car spaces for every car-share space.

Solaire, a development in Lower Manhattan offers complementary access to a full gym, a 24-hour concierge and a fleet of BMWs.

It includes four i3s. the car company's elegant new electric vehicle.

Residential car-sharing could also reduce the need for new transit and thus open up 'edge' developments in under-served parts of cities.

A row of electric BMW i3’s that are part of a new car-sharing program being launched for residents of a Manhattan apartment building. BMW/ReachNow

ReachNow charging station BMW/Reach/Now

The Solaire in Manhattan’s Battery Park neighborhood

6 JANUARY 2017

Electric vehicles are new amenity at this Manhattan apartment building

A spinoff of the BMW ReachNow system, this new car share program might be the next green tenant perk...[more]

CURBED

22 DECEMBER 2016

New car-sharing program could put charge into NYC's electric-vehicle use
Residents of two Manhattan buildings have a fleet of BMWs to share—an amenity other properties should consider...[more]

CRAIN'S New York Business

6 NOVEMBER 2016

Housing, jobs to replace Spofford Detention Center
The Peninsula, which includes 740 affordable housing units, will replace the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center...[more]

BRONX Times

28 OCTOBER 2016

Multimillion-Dollar Redevelopment Planned for Former Bronx Juvenile Detention Center

A former juvenile detention facility in the Bronx is being transformed into a brand-new housing, commercial and recreational development...[more]

NY1 News

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The gantry on the approach to North Brother Island.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

The boiler house’s east and west smokestacks from the boat.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

The boiler house, built in 1885, surrounded with a little caution tape to keep explorers away from bricks careening off the smokestack.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

The old gantry at North Brother, the old cargo entrance to the island. It was built in 1885.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

The male dormitory, one of the island’s oldest housing structures.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

North Brother Island, also called Riverside Hospital, quarantined patients with everything from measles to yellow fever to tuberculosis. It was originally run by the Sisters of Charity.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

The group wasn’t allowed to go into buildings, only peer at the insides from the trail.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

Survivors of the General Slocum disaster in 1904 were taken to North Brother Island. The ferry disaster, in which more than 1,000 people died, accounted for the largest loss of life in New York until 9/11.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

South Brother Island, which the Parks Department took control of in 2007. It’s also a protected area for herons.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

North Brother Island’s most famous patient was Typhoid Mary (Mallon), who was quarantined on the island and died there in 1938.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

Another view of the smokestacks. Krawchuck called North Brother Island essentially a “free-standing city” complete with a morgue, public school, and tennis courts.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

In the late 1940s, North Brother Island housed veterans returning from World War II.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

In the 1950s, the island became a drug-rehabilitation center for heroin-addicted youth.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

Tuberculosis hospital, the newest structure on the island, was finished in 1943 – just in time to become obsolete.Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

Photo: Jen Kirby/New York Magazine

27 OCTOBER 2016

NYC’s North Brother Island, Abandoned for 50 Years, Might Finally Be Opened to (Legal) Visitors

The City Council has commissioned a study of the island that is expected to be complete in the next few weeks...[more]

NEW YORK magazine

27 OCTOBER 2016

Notorious Bronx juvenile center will transform into affordable housing, community space

The massive mixed-use project will include more than 700 affordable apartments and plenty of open space...[more]

CURBED New York

The current facility. Via Hunts Point Express

27 OCTOBER 2016

Not Just an Affordable Home: A New Kind of Housing Project in Hunts Point

The city passes a proposal to build a new kind of housing project in Hunts Point, South Bronx...[more]

WNYC Radio
The Brian Lehrer Show

27 OCTOBER 2016

Hudson Companies, Gilbane to convert Bronx jail into $300M affordable housing complex

Development slated to include 740 affordable units and 21K sf of retail space...[more]

THE REAL DEAL
New York Real State News

A rendering of the Peninsula (credit: WXY Architecture + Urban Design)

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Photo credit: DNAinfo/Eddie Small

27 OCTOBER 2016

Affordable Housing Will Replace Notorious Bronx Juvenile Detention Center

The city plans to turn the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center into 740 affordable housing units. ..[more]

DNAinfo

22 AUGUST 2016

Ditch Plains Beach Food Truck Hosts New Energy Efficient Power Converter

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul visited Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk on Thursday, August 18, to help announce the installation...[more]

27east.com
Your Connection to the Hamptons

New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul speaking with East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell JON WINKLER

ew York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul representing Governor Andrew Cuomo at Ditch Plains Beach JON WINKLER

Larry Cantwell, left, Abby Monahan, Grant Monahan, John Rhodes, Jeffrey Hoffman, and Kathy Hochul JON WINKLER

Kathy Hocul addresses the communuity about Governor Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision strategy JON WINKLER

Larry Cantwell addresses the community on hopes to preserve energy and the environment in East Hampton JON WINKLER

Abby and Grant Monahan, owners of the Ditch Plains Food Truck, thanking the officials for supporting their work JON WINKLER

8 OCTOBER 2015

Why “EV Tourism” Isn’t Just About Guilt-Free Weekend Getaways

Electric vehicle sales could get a boost from region-wide planning...[more]

NEXT CITY

14 APRIL 2015

Creating Safer Streets Linking the South Bronx to Randall’s Island

The South Bronx neighborhoods of Port Morris and Mott Haven are a stone's throw from 480-acre Randall's Island, but a ring of highways and ... [more]

STREETBLOG NYC

Shaughn Bulgar, 18, a student at Hostos Community College and a Bronx resident, said, “Fast food is usually the only thing around, so that’s what I eat.” Credit Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

Maritza Arias, 21, said it was difficult to find good fresh food locally. Credit Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

Felix Cardona, dean of academic programs at Hostos, said the food industry was important to the Bronx’s future. Credit Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

27 JANUARY 2015

Hostos College in Bronx to Offer a Food Studies Program

In an unusual English class at Hostos Community College in the Bronx, students do not immerse themselves in the words of Chaucer, Fitzgerald or García Márquez. Instead, they study...[more]

The New York Times