STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 New York City will benefit from $18 million of grant funding for a quad of projects that emphasize water quality and climate resiliency. <\/p>\n
\u201cSince taking office, and most recently in the 2026 State of the State, Gov. Hochul continues to provide unprecedented resources to invest in climate resiliency and water infrastructure to support communities across the state,\u201d Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton said. \u201cWith more than $265 million from multiple programs, including $185 million supporting improvements in environmental justice communities, the awarded projects will help our municipal partners achieve meaningful reductions in flood risk, protect drinking water, improve aquatic habitat, and safeguard residents from increasingly severe weather events.\u201d<\/p>\n
The projects are as follows, as listed by the DEC: <\/p>\n
Save the Sound, Inc.Bronx and Westchester County$2 million Through the Water Quality Improvement Project, Save the Sound, Inc. will remove the Hartsdale Dam in Westchester County and conduct post-removal critical habitat restoration and improve flood resiliency along the Bronx River.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0New York City Housing Authority Kings County $8 million Through the Water Quality Improvement Project, the New York City Housing Authority will install green infrastructure such as vegetated swales, pervious paving materials, and other drainage network enhancements, at the Sheepshead Bay housing development, increasing climate resiliency and reducing stormwater that contributes to combined sewer overflows.New York City Department of Environmental ProtectionKings County $2 million Through the Water Quality Improvement Project, the department will install bioretention systems along the Neptune Avenue and Bayview Avenue medians to control stormwater that contributes to combined sewer overflows (CSO) during storm events. The project is part of DEP\u2019s Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Plan to establish CSO controls to meet water quality standards.New York City Department of Environmental ProtectionbQueens County $6.2 million Through the Water Quality Improvement Project, the department will install two floatables control systems in Flushing to improve water quality in Flushing Creek and Bay. This project is also part of DEP\u2019s CSO Long Term Plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 New York City will benefit from $18 million of grant funding for a quad…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-104214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}