Hello, Columbia Street Waterfront! Great News!! You do not need to work until midnight to get your comments in!!

Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon just posted this to Instagram:

Repeat, the NEW DEADLINE FOR DSOW public comments is May 8th!!! And the requests made by Assemblymembers Simon and Mitaynes and Council Members Hanif and Avilés (Thank you all so much!!!) in this letter have been granted!! (see below).

THANK YOU ALL who called and wrote Deputy Mayor Su, BBP Reynoso, Rep. Goldman, and Senator Gounardes!

We heard from the BBP's, Senator's, and Rep.'s offices yesterday and today that they all supported the extension.

YOU HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

And thank you to those who have already sent your comments. As Assemblymember Simon noted in her post, you can submit more comments after the coming meetings. Speaking of which, we hope to see you all there!!

Our electeds requests:

1. EDC convenes the DC [BMT Development Corporation] and the ATF [Advisory Task Force], briefs them on the status of the project and shares the RFEI submissions along with their assessments of them;
2. EDC hosts two community meetings: one in Red Hook and one in the Columbia Street Waterfront District–to complement the two virtual meetings–to share the RFEI submissions along with their assessments of them; and
3. Extend the comment period on the DSOW until 30 days after the community has been briefed on the RFEI submissions, thus allowing their testimony to be comprehensive, and to address all aspects of the Vision Plan or other approaches they would like to see incorporated into the Final Scope of Work and DEIS.

Upcoming Dates!

• Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31: Deadline (at least for now) for BMT CEQR Scoping written commentary EXTENDED!!!
• Saturday, April 18, 10 AM to 12 PM: CSWA Clean-up Day with Scavenger Hunt! (rain date Sunday, April 19) - starting at Human Compass Garden, corner of Sackett St and Columbia St. Click here to register.
• Friday, May 8: NEW DATE! Deadline for BMT CEQR Scoping written commentary.
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Media Contact:​
Randy Gordon, President
Columbia Street Waterfront Association, Inc.
Phone: 917-593-2674
Email: admin@columbiastreetwaterfront.org​