Sentences with phrase «rockaway ferry»

Features: The NYC dolphin & whale watching tour on the Rockaway Ferry allows guests to coast through the Atlantic Ocean, scouting out these beloved sea mammals.

Borough President Melinda Katz highlighted growth potential in Long Island City and Flushing West, senior affordable housing and restoring the Rockaway Ferry in her 2015 State of the Borough address two weeks ago.

«I want to address one unfinished piece of business for the Rockaways — the Rockaway Ferry.

«However, I will continue to advocate with the elected officials on the peninsula for permanent ferry service and will seek a mid-year budget modification that would provide funding that would guarantee that the Rockaway ferry remains in operation after its current funding runs out in October.»

Ensuring the timely planning and rollout of the anticipated Five Borough Ferry System, including the Rockaway Ferry

Borough President Katz, along with her fellow Borough Presidents from the City's four other boroughs, had requested that the Fiscal Year 2015 Expense Budget allocate $ 8 million to allow the Rockaway ferry to run seven days a week through the end of June 2015.

The temporary Rockaway ferry now operated by Seastreak sails weekdays out of 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive in the Rockaways, with boats making stops at the Brooklyn Army Terminal and at Wall Street and 34th Street on the East Side of Manhattan.

The Rockaway ferry makes it possible for visitors and Queens residents alike to enjoy the Rockaways without having to pay the $ 7.50 toll.

At 5 p.m., Dietl will be campaigning and meeting with voters at the Rockaway Ferry, Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Park, Queens.

Topics during the Q&A portion of his press conference included the looming discontinuance of the Rockaway ferry, a broad consideration of his earlier statement about «righting greater wrongs,» what happened to government funding for a ferry obtained by Anthony Weiner and Joe Addabbo, whether there is any City effort to «track down scammers» in the Build it Back program, how satisfied de Blasio is with the pace of Build it Back, whether an updated evacuation plan is contemplated in conjunction with increasing the housing supply in Rockaway and a government memo reported by The Wave which stated that more money was available from FEMA than publicly acknowledged and that such additional funding could be a political liability.

Here is Mayor de Blasio's full Q&A, featuring snow prep and the de Blasio family shoveling arrangements, the mayor's pre - K / middle school program initiative and the governor's competing proposal, Health & Hospitals Corporation challenges, the Rockaway ferry and boardwalk and more.

Queens Lauds Prioritization of Affordable Housing, Restoration of Rockaway Ferry QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about Mayor Bill de Blasio's 2015 State of the City address: «Mayor de Blasio has outlined a plan that is good for our families and therefore good for Queens.

«The temporary Rockaway ferry now in operation has been a great boon for Rockaways residents seeking an easy commute to other parts of the City and for people from other parts of the City seeking to get to Rockaway Beach and its attractions,» Borough President Katz said.

Each ride on another Rockaway ferry was subsidized about $ 30 before being the route was suspended last October after the city citing budgeting constraints.

Not exact matches

At 5:30 a.m., Sen. Joseph Addabbo, Jr., Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich attend the inaugural launch of the new Citywide Ferry Service in Rockaway Beach, dock at Beach 108th Street, Queens.

Among them was Charlie, a young Rockaway resident who asked the Mayor to increase the number of cops assigned to Rockaway's two NYPD precincts and to restore ferry service.

After Superstorm Sandy the city opened up ferry service from Rockaway to Manhattan, and had to cancel it after two years because the subsidies were ridiculous: the city was paying $ 30 per passenger per ride.

Ferry service was instituted on an interim basis after Hurricane Sandy destroyed the only subway access to Rockaway and it has been very popular with Rockaway residents.

Private ferry ridership also jumped citywide to 11.2 million riders — a 3 percent increase — which the report credited largely to the May 1 and June 1 launches, respectively, of the Rockaway and South Brooklyn routes on the NYC Ferry serferry ridership also jumped citywide to 11.2 million riders — a 3 percent increase — which the report credited largely to the May 1 and June 1 launches, respectively, of the Rockaway and South Brooklyn routes on the NYC Ferry serFerry service.

The New York MTA is receiving $ 193,136,983 for repair and restoration of the East River tunnels; the South Ferry / Whitehall station; the Rockaway line; rail yards, maintenance shops, and other facilities; and heavy rail cars.

The new railway was intended to greet steam ferries taking passengers to and from Rockaway.