Nathan Kensinger
Articles by Nathan Kensinger
The EPA announced a $1 million plan to address the Meeker Avenue plume.
Powerhouse Arts, funded by founder Joshua Rechnitz, aims to provide local artists with affordable working and presenting space so that they won't feel forced to leave New York City.
After 20 years of renovations, the park’s final features opened recently, adding rainwater protections and connecting communities on either side of the Bronx River via pedestrian bridges.
New York City's vision of replacing a contaminated industrial shoreline with a community of luxury towers remains incomplete — and may now be threatened by sea level rise.
Ten environmental organizations say the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal, a part of the NY & NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study, could damage waterways and leave the Bronx unprotected.
Construction of buildings and commissioning of machinery will continue at the 70-acre port site until the end of 2024. Developers said it’s the largest offshore wind manufacturing plant in the U.S.
For community members living near the creek, who are affected daily by all of the industrial toxins released around it, the delay is unacceptable.
For the communities that will be shielded by these new coastal defenses, they offer an extension on life. Yet for some residents, these walls and levees are not a welcome addition.
For the communities that lost homes, neighbors, and loved ones, it has been a long decade of recovery and rebuilding.
The 14-year construction project would dramatically reshape New York City’s waterfront and be one of the largest infrastructure projects in the area's history.
The next two city sites under development are located in Staten Island along the Arthur Kill and are part of a larger plan to develop an offshore wind supply chain network in New York City.
The site may also be eligible for federal funds, including a recent influx of $3.5 billion to the Superfund Remedial Program from the bipartisan infrastructure law, which President Biden ratified in November 2021.
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