Borough President James Oddo has worked with New York Waterway, the city's largest private
fast ferry providers, to prove viability at alternative Island fast ferry locations.
To help make the case, the borough president worked with New York Waterway, one of the city's largest private
fast ferry providers, to run trial routes at various alternative locations.
The «essential categories» number fifteen, and include gas, grocery and drug stores, as well as telecommunication charges, cable / satellite TV / Internet Service
Providers, utility payments, gym / health club memberships, spas / salons, quick service payment /
fast food restaurants, video rentals, department stores, dry cleaners, movie theatres, local and suburban commuter passenger transportation (including
ferries, bridges, tolls, parking garages, taxis / limos), and pet supply stores / veterinary services.