QUESTION
What is the status of the Jersey Street Garage request for proposals (RFP) and construction timeline?
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The commissioner states that a new garage is being built for the Staten Island sanitation districts 1 and 3, allowing them to relocate from the Jersey Street Garage.
- The planned move-in date to the new garage is 2025.
- The specific details on the Jersey Street Garage RFP and construction timeline will be provided to the council member after the hearing.
- The department is undertaking a major cleanup of the railway yard area, addressing decades of accumulated waste and debris there.
Kamillah Hanks
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So this is a little bit more local.
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The Jersey Street Garage RFP and construction timeline, can you provide us with an update in the status of the Jersey Street RFP?
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And when will the next phase of construction be expected to begin?
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And what are the key milestones expected on the completion date for this project?
Jessica Tisch
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I won.
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Yeah.
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We
Kamillah Hanks
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and one more.
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I am so sorry.
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I apologize.
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And most importantly, the questions that we're getting from constituents is What is the timeline for the relocation of the Jersey Street Garage from Jersey Street during the construction period?
Jessica Tisch
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So Thank you.
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That Staten Island we're building a new garage for Staten Island 1 and 3.
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So they'll be leaving Jersey Street and going to this new facility.
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Right now, we are planning for a 2025 move in date to that new garage, and we are very excited about that.
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Joe, do you have the update on the garage that they're moving out of Jersey Street.
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If not, we can get it to the council member right after this.
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We're gonna send you the Jersey street information right after.
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But I wanna just say you weren't here when I gave oh, you have it?
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You weren't here when I gave my testimony, but we have I think based on your advocacy, we have started a major cleanup of the railway yard and I showed this poster and I just wanna say that I find it like shocking and unbelievable that a condition like this was allowed to persist in this city.
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This has to be, like, decades decades of filth and build up.
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And the department is committed to cleaning it up, doing it safely, and our sanitation workers are doing an incredible job under very difficult circumstances there, but I just wanna thank you for bringing it to my attention as soon as you sent it to me.
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The picture said a thousand words, and I knew that we had to do something to finally stop the insanity.
Kamillah Hanks
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.