Project was placed in paused status August 2018 pending NYC Office of Management and Budget re-evaluation of the project's preferred alternative. NYCOMB re-evaluated the project in coordination with the project sponsor, the NYC Department of Design and Construction and its partner the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. The current project has a new preferred alternative.
PROJECT WEBSITE: NYC Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery
All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
COMPLETE
COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
03/12/2020
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED
SECTOR
Water Resources
CATEGORY
Project Category
FAST-41 Covered Projects
LEAD AGENCY
Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning and Development/Community Development Fund
Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
New York
Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory
Description:
The East Side Coastal Resiliency project (ESCR) is a comprehensive urban water management project designed to reduce the risk of floods from coastal storm surges and/or flooding from high-intensity rainfall events. The Proposed Rebuild by Design Project would be located in the Borough of Manhattan, NY (the Project Area). The purpose of the Proposed Project is to address coastal flooding vulnerability in a manner that reduces the flooding risk while enhancing waterfront open spaces and access to the waterfront. The principal objectives of the Proposed Project are as follows: (1) provide a reliable coastal flood protection system against the design storm event for the protected area; (2) improve access to, and enhance open space resources along the waterfront, including East River Park and Stuyvesant Cove Park; (3) respond quickly to the urgent need for flood protection and resiliency, particularly for communities that have a large concentration of residents in affordable and public housing units along the proposed project area; and (4) achieve implementation milestones and comply with the conditions attached to funding allocations as established by HUD, including scheduling milestones. The Proposed Project was paused in August 2018 while the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery grantee New York City Office of Management, in cooperation with the Project lead New York City Department of Design and Construction and project partner New York City Department of Parks and Recreation re-evaluated the project design. That re-evaluation resulted in a newly identified preferred alternative that is analyzed in the DEIS made available for public comment on April 5, 2019.
Milestone: Issuance of Record of Decision or combined Final EIS / Record of Decision
Requested extensions greater than 30 days for this Action are shown below:
Official Notice of Availability of a Final EIS published in the FR beginning both the public review period and concurrent CAA Section 309 Review by 140 days
From: 12/14/2018
To: 09/13/2019
Issuance of Record of Decision or combined Final EIS / Record of Decision by 196 days
From: 02/15/2019
To: 11/08/2019