Sentences with phrase «hudson river»

The list also includes two expensive projects in the president's home town, New York City, a major subway extension and new rail tunnels under the Hudson River.

One project she touted was the plan to stop untreated water runoffs into the Hudson River.

As part of his 190 - page «Vision 2020,» the city imagines New Yorkers using Metrocards to transfer onto ferries crossing the East River, residents canoeing and kayaking along the Hudson River, and even swimming off Manhattan piers.

The loan was only recently made public by the Cuomo administration, which said the Clean Water Fund money would be used to protect the Hudson River estuary rather than simply support construction.

The 3.1 - mile Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, whose name has sparked controversy, is the first cable - stayed bridge across the Hudson River.

Interstate 787 is a mostly raised highway that cuts the City of Albany off from the Hudson River.

It is located in the lower Hudson River Valley.

Plans for the west side include the expansion of TriBeCa's Hudson River Park with the construction of a new esplanade between Laight and North Moore streets, the reconstruction of Pier 97 at West 57th Street, and a new public market, art gallery and rooftop park at Pier 57.

After the award presentation on the docks, Quinn liberally applied 50 - SPF sunscreen before joining the club's free weekly summer tours down the Hudson River toward the George Washington Bridge with a group of paddlers and her partner Kim Catullo.

It'll be needed since some may be confused once the toll plaza on the east side of the Hudson River is gone.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature public works project, a $ 4 billion bridge to be named after his father, is about to begin carrying commuters across the Hudson River in New York City suburbs.

The western border is the Hudson River.

In a congressional district that encompasses cash - strapped, potentially gas - rich Sullivan County, New York City's watershed, eco-sensitive communities like Woodstock and various rural areas on the east side of the Hudson River, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson and challenger Sean Eldridge are on the campaign trail seeking to define their own, and their opponent's, positions on climate change, energy policy and perhaps most critically fracking.

Responding to questions about why it took so long for him to arrive in Hoosick Falls, when he has been know to rush to the scene of other disasters — including the location of a tug boat that sunk in the Hudson River on Saturday and killed three people — Cuomo said traveling to Hoosick Falls to look at a water filter was not «relevant» because it would just be to see the installed filter.

Connecticut - based Pilgrim Holdings LLC says it's a safer alternative to Hudson River barge transport.

It's a dramatic change,» said John Parker, a lawyer representing the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, which has opposed the deal with the New York Public Interest Research Group and other groups.

Seggos derided the Obama administration for not doing enough to clean the Hudson River.

The colonial Province of New York and the Connecticut Colony negotiated an agreement on November 28, 1683, establishing their border as 20 miles (32 km) east of the Hudson River, and north to Massachusetts.

If you drive over the Tappan Zee Bridge, you may have noticed the new bridge is being built higher out of the Hudson River.

Artist's rendering of the Monument Square development from the Hudson River side Monday morning Feb. 3, 2014.

«There's no question that the investigation that's going on, the indictments, bring a lot of pause to the whole question of economic development funding,» said Sen. George Amedore, an Albany - area Republican whose district stretches across a large section of the Mohawk and Hudson River valleys.

MUNICIPAL DISTRICT — Two longtime Chelsea activists received proclamations from the City Council Thursday in recognition of their nearly 30 - year battle to develop the Chelsea waterfront section of Hudson River Park.

Environmental groups and elected officials have expressed concern in recent years about the potential for a catastrophic oil spill involving barges that transport oil products up and down the Hudson River from Albany's port.

The state's legislative leaders crossed paths literally this week, when both scheduled a stroll at the same time along the walkway over the Hudson River.

Indian Point needs state permits to use water from the Hudson River to cool its reactors and then discharge the warm water back into the river.

Rockland County lies just north of the New Jersey - New York border, west of the Hudson River, and northwest of New York City.

Westchester County Emergency Services assisted police in placing booms in the water to block the possible fuel from spreading into the Hudson River.

Sean Eldridge, CEO of Kingston - based investment concern Hudson River Ventures and spouse of Facebook multimillionaire Chris Hughes, posted a YouTube video late Sunday night formally announcing his campaign for the Democratic nomination for next year's New York's 19th Congressional District race.

«We hear they want to cut it by 31 percent and decimate programs to clean up the Great Lakes and get PCBs out of the Hudson River.

In this rendering, the view is looking north up the Hudson River, with Albany on the left.

ALBANY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been at odds with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration over a number of high - profile issues in recent years, including a Tappan Zee bridge construction loan, oil trains in the Port of Albany and the cleanup of the Hudson River.

Then, according to Transmission Developer's website, it would run from Erie Boulevard to just south of State Street in Schenectady where it would then be buried near another railroad right of way to the Hudson River.

As for the highway overpass, if the projected young professional residents of the warehouse looked past the stream of cars flowing by their windows, they'd have a glorious view of the Hudson River.

The plan was spearheaded by Trinity Real Estate, the largest landlord in the area bounded by the Hudson River, Sixth Avenue, Houston and Canal streets, in an effort to make the neighborhood a more mixed - use one.

The cleanup of PCB - contaminated sediment was paid for by General Electric Co. after the federal government ordered the project for the upper Hudson River, based about an hour north of Albany.

«The Hudson River is a national historic treasure and we can not let the PCB contamination persist any longer,» said Commissioner Basil Seggos.

The bridge replaces the Tappan Zee Bridge, which connects Westchester and Rockland counties at the Hudson River.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday in Sullivan County blamed an government advocacy group for a petition that opposes naming a new bridge spanning the Hudson River after his father, the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday said more work is needed on the federal project to remove PCB - laden sediment from the Hudson River.

«The Hudson River is a critical economic engine and environmental treasure and New York will not allow PCB contamination to continue wreaking havoc on this vital resource,» Cuomo said.

I thank the Governor for signing this significant measure to help protect our iconic Hudson River.»

State regulators are seeking more information from a Massachusetts company that plans to expand its Hudson River facilities routing rail shipments of crude oil from North Dakota and western Canada to coastal refineries.

He's now a trustee of the organization, and also a conservationist whose grandfather donated 700 acres along the Hudson River to preserve the New Jersey Palisades.

«While this loan is not integral to the overall bridge construction, the projects identified here will clearly provide significant benefits for the Hudson River Estuary.

Hinchey was considered a staunch environmentalist while in office, haven been credited for support of the Clean Air Act and bolstering protections for the Hudson River.

A new Tappan Zee Bridge is rising over a three - mile stretch of the Hudson River — the first pilings are in, looking like giant tree stumps growing out of the water — but a big question looms: Where will the $ 3.9 billion come from to pay for it?

New York will move to file a legal challenge against the federal Environmental Protection Agency if it determines the project to remove PCB - laden muck from the Hudson River is completed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced.

Still, the building of a new bridge crossing the Hudson River is a complex and costly undertaking.

The Environmental Protection Agency is extending the public comment period until Sept. 1 on its review of the cleanup of toxic contaminants from the upper Hudson River.

Commisso criticized the city's approved practice of dumping overflow storm sewage into the Hudson River.