Last December the EPA published their proposed plan for remediation of the Gowanus Canal. A public comment period lasted through April 27th. For the next few months the EPA team will evaluate the comments and by the end of the summer, they will issue a formal response. The EPA has received approximately 1,400 comments. This does not count names signed […]
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Feedback
We received a larger than normal amount of feedback from our May edition. We published much of it in the paper. Here is what we published: Thinks we’re peachy keen! Hi – I just wanted to say thank you so much for the great articles –in this issue in particular…which deal with some very tough and contentious neighborhood issues. For […]
Fundraiser for LICH doctors frantically trying to rescue the dying hospital.
Fundraiser for LICH doctors frantically trying to rescue the dying hospital.
Theatre: Falconworks’ Production of Enemy of the People, by Brian Clancy
The New York Port Authority Grain Terminal in the Gowanus Bay Terminal has always been an interesting landmark for me since I first noticed it towering over the ball fields in Red Hook almost a year ago. I could always easily pinpoint Red Hook from the Brooklyn Queens Expressway or the elevated section of the F train by looking to […]
LICH Unraveling Continues, by Kimberly Gail Price
Doctors’ contracts are set to expire at the end of this month, hospital staff’s WARN notices are still pending, and now SUNY DMC is pulling the plug on LICH’s residency program – or as one doctor called it, the “backbone” of the hospital. Meanwhile, the lawsuit filed by Long Island College Hospital (LICH) against State University of New York Downstate […]
Red Hook Trolley
A story making the rounds right now is the revival of Bob Diamond’s trolley car idea for Red Hook. This time he says he is partnering with John Quadrozzi, Jr., and Ray Howell (a longtime friend of his) of the Gowanus CDC. We have come to feel over the years that Red Hook does not suffer from a major transportation […]
Red Hook West Tenants Meeting – May 14th 2013
The Vultures after LICH, by Kimberly Gail Price
“Follow the money,” says Dr. John Romanelli. Romanelli was the final president of the medical staff at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) before the merger with the State University of New York Downstate (SUNY). He has been a doctor with LICH for more than 30 years. His entire family has been treated at LICH. And like so many others, he […]
Ray Hall speaking at the most recent CAG meeting
Ray Hall falsely telling the Gowanus CAG that all residents of the Red Hook Houses are in favor of the Red Hook Option, mainly the burying of toxic sludge in a Confined Disposal Facility, giving almost a half a million square feet of infill to John Quadrozzi, Jr., at no cost, for his commercial use.
EDITORIAL – An unfortunate public display
Walter Mugdan said it out loud in a meeting at the South Brooklyn High School. The east coast head of the EPA said in retrospect, he wished they hadn’t offered the option to bury sludge in Red Hook. We agree. The prospect of free land for any landlord is a great temptation. The EPA proposed to create landfill and donate […]
GBX’s win at all cost strategy backfires, by George Fiala
At a public meeting held April 16th at the South Brooklyn Community High School, Regional Superfund Director Walter Mugdan repeated multiple times that the proposed plan to bury toxic sludge from the Gowanus in Red Hook would never happen. “How many times do you want me to say it? If we don’t have your acceptance – and it seems evident […]
Star Revue brings home statewide awards in newspaper competition
The NY Press Association (NYPA) is the trade organization for NY community newspapers. Their annual Better Newspaper Contest recognizes excellence in journalism and publishing. Last month the results were announced at their spring convention held in Saratoga Springs. The Red Hook Star-Revue, in competition with 148 other papers, came away with six awards. The Star-Revue began publishing in 2010, joined […]
LICH Officially Saved (Kimberly knew it all the time)
From Brad Lander: Dear Neighbor, I’m very pleased to report that – in response to our relentless advocacy – SUNY Downstate Medical Center has withdrawn its proposal to close LICH and has announced plans to identify another operator. We knew we had to save LICH because LICH saves lives. Over the last three months, thousands of people raised their voices […]
