New DEP Commissioner Strickland To Attend Tonight's Gowanus CAG Meeting

The EPA Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group will meet at its general meeting tonight, Tuesday, September 27 at PS 58, 330 Smith Street from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

NYC Department of Environmental Protection's Commissioner Carter Strickland will be attending the meeting with members of his staff.

This will be the community's first opportunity to speak to the new Commissioner on his agency's activities as they relate to the Gowanus Canal.

Mayor Bloomberg appointed Strickland as commissioner of NYC DEP in August '11. He was previously DEP's Deputy Commissioner for Sustainability and was a principal architect of Bloomberg's City’s Green Infrastructure Plan.

There will be a question -and-answer period with members of the CAG.

Also on the agenda is a vote on a motion for the CAG to request TASC assistance (Technical Assistance Services for Communities). EPA has received a request from a community member, but has indicated that the formal request must come from the CAG.

As always, the community at large is invited to attend the meeting.

To access all documents relating to the Gowanus CAG, click here.

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DEP's Commissioner Carter Strickland To Attend Next Gowanus CAG Meeting

The next EPA Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group will meet at its general meeting on Tuesday, September 27 at PS 58, 330 Smith Street from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

NYC Department of Environmental Protection's Commissioner Carter Strickland will be attending the meeting with members of his staff. Mayor Bloomberg appointed Strickland as commissioner of NYC DEP in August '11. He was previously DEP's Deputy Commissioner for Sustainability and was a principal architect of Bloomberg's City’s Green Infrastructure Plan.

This will be the community's first opportunity to speak to the Commissioner on his agency's activities as they relate to the Gowanus Canal.

The Gowanus Canal CAG will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at PS 58, 330 Smith Street. There will be a question -and-answer period with members of the CAG.

As always, the community at large is invited to attend the meeting.

To access all documents relating to the Gowanus CAG, click here.

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DEP's Caswell Holloway To Speak About Green Infrastructure At PS58

Caswell Holloway, Head Of NYC DEP

Last time Caswell Holloway, then Chief of Staff to Deputy Mayor to Edward Skyler, came to speak in Carroll Gardens, he was presenting New York City's half-baked alternative to the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund clean-up for the Gowanus Canal.

Now, ironically, he heads the NYC Department of Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Holloway will come to PS 58 on Thursday, April 14th to speak about his agency's Green Infrastructure Plan. The evening is hosted by Councilman Brad Lander. Below is more information on the meeting from Lander's office :

Community Conversation

on

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection’s

Green Infrastructure Plan

and what it means for our neighborhoods

with Caswell Holloway

Commissioner, NYC Department of Environmental Protection

Hosted by

Councilmember Brad Lander

Green infrastructure is an alternative approach to improving water quality that integrates features such as swales and green roofs with investments to optimize the existing system. Join us for a dialogue with DEP’s Commissioner about the application of the Green Infrastructure Plan in our neighborhoods, and get answers to the following questions:

1. What exactly is Green Infrastructure and why is DEP promoting it?
2. How might Green Infrastructure make our neighborhoods cleaner and more environmentally friendly?
3. How can residents get involved? (hint: there are a number of ways)
4. How can private property owners apply for DEP’s Green Infrastructure grants?

Learn more about the DEP’s Green Infrastructure Plan at http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/stormwater/nyc_green_infrastructure_plan.shtml

Thursday, April 14, 7-9pm

PS 58, Auditorium (330 Smith St., between 1st and Carroll St.)

Caswell Holloway was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection in the beginning of 2010, and has focused on four core functions: customer service, utility operations, capital projects, and sustainability.

In the area of sustainability, Holloway appointed the first Deputy Commissioner of Sustainability, and has led the DEP toward the reduction of energy needs and greenhouse gas emissions. He has also launched the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan, a hybrid approach to stormwater management that will dramatically reduce combined sewer overflows and, if approved by State and Federal regulators, would save New Yorkers $2.4 billion between now and 2030.

Cas has previously served as Chief of Staff to Deputy Mayor for Operations Edward Skyler and as Special Advisor to Mayor Bloomberg.

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