Recap: 10.10.23 NuHart Community Meeting
On October 10, 2023 North Brooklyn Neighbors hosted a community meeting and were joined by the offices of Assembly Member Emily Gallagher, State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, Council Member Lincoln Restler, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, as well as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and Madison Realty Capital (MRC).
After introductions by NBN and the elected officials, there was a presentation from Madison Realty Capital (~4:12). The presentation outlined that the tent will be moving the second portion of the Superfund site and remediation of on-site soil is still expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
The Q&A portion of the meeting began (~10:20) and continues for the remainder of the meeting. Topics covered include:
- Weekend/after hours work
- Air monitoring
- A discussion on the cleanup of contaminants under the sidewalk/street
- Continued monitoring
- Garbage
A full recording of the meeting can be found below.
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Council Member Lincoln Restler
Lincoln Restler – district33@council.nyc.gov
Emily Ruby – ERuby@council.nyc.gov
Mariana Alexandria – malexander@council.nyc.gov
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Assembly Member Emily Gallagher
Emily Gallagher- gallaghere@nyassembly.gov
Andrew Epstein – epsteina@nyassembly.gov
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State Senator Kristen Gonzalez
Kristen Gonzalez- gonzalez@nysenate.gov
Shawna Morlock – smorlock@nysenate.gov
Website: https://gonzalez.nysenate.gov/
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez
Daniel Wiley – Daniel.Wiley@mail.house.gov
Madison Realty Capital
Zach Kadden, Shalom Silverman & Victoria della Salla – dupont@madisonrealtycapital.com
James Bellew –jbellew@haleyaldrich.com
Ashley Thompson – ashley@capalino.com
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Jane O’Connell – jane.oconnell@dec.ny.gov
Bryan Wong – yukyin.wong@dec.ny.gov
Rodney Rivera – rodney.rivera@dec.ny.gov
Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation
Zach Schreiber – zschreiber@dep.nyc.gov
New York State Department of Health
Stephen Lawrence – stephen.lawrence@health.ny.gov
Scarlett Messier-McLaughlin – scarlett.mcLaughlin@health.ny.gov
Angela Martin – angela.martin@health.ny.gov
State Health Department’s Bureau of Environmental Exposure Investigation – BEEI@health.ny.gov
North Brooklyn Neighbors
Lael Goodman – lael@northbrooklynneighbors.org
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