At the April meeting of the Gowanus Community Advisory Group (CAG), EPA Director Walter Mugdan announced the results of a long and difficult negotiation with New York City regarding the placement of sewage retention tanks alongside the Gowanus Canal. CAG member Marlene Donnelly and others said not so fast. A public comment period was requested and received. This period, […]
Day: June 8, 2016
Menchaca takes on heavy hitting developer and wins, by George Fiala
Councilman Carlos Menchaca led a successful effort to defeat a proposed zoning change in May after hearing the community’s concerns about the relocation of a nursing home to Red Hook. The nursing home’s supporters included some of the largest development lobbyists in the city. The Oxford Nursing Home is a for-profit healthcare facility located in Fort Greene. In 2003, they […]