Announcements

A reminder to join us for our next CAG meeting. The EPA will be presenting an update. After the presentation, Judith Enck, the EPA Regional Administrator for the New York region, will be present for an open discussion with the community. Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Community Room at McCarren Play Center 776 Lorimer Street Brooklyn Nearest metro stops: L Train: Bedford Avenue G Train: Nassau Avenue The meetings are open to the public Read more…

A reminder to join us for our next CAG meeting. The EPA will be presenting an update. After the presentation, Judith Enck, the EPA Regional Administrator for the New York region, will be present for an open discussion with the community. Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Community Room at McCarren Play Center 776 Lorimer Street Brooklyn Nearest metro stops: L Train: Bedford Avenue G Train: Nassau Avenue The meetings are open to the public Read more…

Please join us for our next CAG meeting. The EPA will be presenting an update. After the presentation, Judith Enck, the EPA Regional Administrator for the New York region, will be present for an open discussion with the community. Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Community Room at McCarren Play Center 776 Lorimer Street Brooklyn Nearest metro stops: L Train: Bedford Avenue G Train: Nassau Avenue The meetings are open to the public and provide Read more…

Hello everyone, Please be aware of the following changes to CAG meetings: CANCELLED: September 14 New Date: Thursday, October 20, 6:30 PM Location: TBD CANCELLED: November 2 New Date: Wednesday, December 7, 6:30 PM Location: TBD See you in October!

While July is the month that most of us want to spend all of our time outdoors on the Creek, we hope you will join us indoors for our quarterly public meeting. 4 times a year we gather together as the large, inter-borough community to receive updates from all the agencies and groups who are collecting data as part of the Superfund process, have presentations about Superfund data and issues, ask questions, and most importantly, Read more…

Hello everyone, The July 6th meeting has been moved to Wednesday, July 13th, 6:30 PM in Queens. Please take a look at the Vision Principles for Newtown Creek Restoration. These are very important because the Environmental Protection Agency will develop its list of cleanup alternatives based on the risk assessments and the community vision for the clean up. During our next CAG meeting we will be facilitating a discussion about the list. Please bring your comments and ideas! This Read more…

Our next CAG meetings will be on: July 6, 6:30 PM, Queens September 7, 6:30 PM, Brooklyn November 2, 6:30 PM, Queens Stay tuned for more information. Remember that you can find meeting notes here and presentations here.

New York State Department of Health will be presenting the Newtown Creek Area Health Review TONIGHT. The CAG Steering Committee will also be sharing a draft of the Newtown Creek vision document, which will be used to communicate community cleanup priorities. When Wednesday, May 4, 6:30 P.M. Where Polish Slavic Center 176 Java St Basement Auditorium The Greenpoint Ave. Subway Station is a 3 minute walk from the Center. The meetings are open to the public Read more…