QUESTION
What are the plans for the 40 acres on Rikers Island now under Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) control?
1:11:47
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Plans for utilizing the 40 acres recently cleared on Rikers Island for renewable energy projects like solar panels or composting have not been discussed yet.
- The feasibility study has been completed and released, identifying 40 acres available for use.
- Meaningful conversations regarding the utilization of the space have not started but are expected to commence with the availability of the feasibility studies.
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) is working to schedule a meeting with committee members to discuss future uses.
- Council Member Lincoln Restler emphasizes the importance of making tangible progress on the island soon.
Lincoln Restler
1:11:47
Renewable Rykers, we were really appreciative of the feasibility study report being released yesterday.
1:11:53
My understanding is about 40 acres on Rickers Island have been cleared, and are NDAs control, or I I should say, are no longer NDFC controller, NDAs control.
1:12:03
Are there any plans at this time to begin utilizing that space, solar panels, composting sites, or other ways that we can start generating renewable energy.
Dawn M. Pinnock
1:12:12
So meaningful conversations around the use of the 42 acres have not yet commenced, but we do expect them to with the availability of the feasibility studies from MOCEJ and DEP.
1:12:24
We are actively working now to get a meeting on the calendar with the committee members.
1:12:28
We did meet very early in the administration, but there were still some key roles that had to be filled.
1:12:33
They are now been filled, and so we're looking forward to having those discussions starting in the spring.
Lincoln Restler
1:12:39
Okay.
1:12:39
We look forward to to those conversations getting underway as quickly as possible.
1:12:43
I think it would be very powerful to start making tangible progress on the island.
1:12:49
And so I hope that we'll be able to actually break ground and do and make progress in the near future.
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