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MWA Press Release on new NYC Ferry System Announcement
New York, NY: The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, a region-wide coalition of 329 civic organizations, praised the leadership of the Mayor, the Speaker, and the NY Congressional delegation in spearheading the first new mass transit ferry service in modern New York City history.
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02/25/08: Testimony on Waterfront Infrastructure before City Council
Testimony of MWA's President and CEO, Roland Lewis, before the Zoning & Franchises; Planning, Dispositions & Concessions Committees of the New York City Council, at City Hall, Monday, February 25, 2008.
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Quinn's Call for a Citywide Ferry System Answered by a Loud AMEN! by The Waterfront Alliance
February 12, 2008 -- In her State of the City Address today, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn called for cleaner and more accessible mass transit for NYC residents and visitors. "Speaker Quinn's call for a citywide ferry system is a far-sighted and bold step to opening up our waterfront to the people and helping relieve stress on our already overtaxed transit systems and roads" said Roland Lewis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance. "As blue avenues the waterways have tremendous value in at least two ways: one, they are already paid for, provided for us by nature, and so don't require costly construction to dig tunnels, lay tracks or build bridges; two, as transportation resources go, they are the most resilient resources we have - while a blackout, a labor strike and an act of terror have each paralyzed our whole transportation system in the last 6 years, the waterways have continued to flow and in many ways constituted a lifeline for millions of people and businesses impacted by these events. A ferry ride to work should be as affordable as a subway or bus ride, and the ferries should be seamlessly integrated into our mass transit system."
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MWA Celebrates Cutting “Edge” on Harlem River
New Park Design Creates Best of Waterfront Aquatecture
August 21, 2007-- Today, the City of New York, the Harlem River Park Task Force and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance celebrate a groundbreaking for Phase 2 of Harlem River Park.
“Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Adrian Benepe have wholeheartledly embraced a waterfront design that holds great promise for waterfronts all over the City,” said Roland Lewis, President and CEO of the Alliance. “With the Mayor's plaNYC initiative underway, this project represents the City's commitment to Best Management Practices for dealing with highway runoff, since the edge helps catch and filter runoff from three blocks of the Harlem River Drive.”
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MWA Applauds Albany Action
"Congratulations and thanks to our legislative leaders in Albany for moving Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan," said Roland Lewis, President and CEO of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance.
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MWA Names Roland Lewis President and CEO
Roland Lewis, executive director of Habitat for Humanity-New York City since 1997, has been named President and CEO of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance.
The MWA, a project of the Municipal Art Society since 1999, was launched as an independent non-profit organization on April 1.
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02/15/08: Testimony Before the Infrastructure Task Force’s First Public Forum
Testimony of MWA's President and CEO, Roland Lewis, before the New York City Council Infrastructure Task Force’s First Public Forum City Hall, Monday, February 15, 2008.
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Waterfront Central to Mayor's Green Plan
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Applauds Mayor's PlaNYC for a Greener New York with a More Accessible and Cleaner Waterfront
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MWA Lauds PlaNYC in Press; All Eyes on Albany
Carter Craft, the MWA's director of Programs and Policy, has been speaking out in the local press on PlaNYC, the Bloomberg administration's ambitious set of proposals for improving New York City and keeping it livable over the next 25 years. In the Gotham Gazette, Craft noted that with PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg "recognizes reality" in anticipating that the city will need to be more financially self-reliant as the state's share of the total U.S. population decreases, taking with it seats in the House of Representatives and crucial voting power in Congress.
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MWA Comments on Brooklyn Piers 7-12 EIS
Over the past few years MWA has participated in a number of hearings and organized a number of programs and events that seek to raise awareness of the importance of the working waterfront, and particularly the need to better plan for and design the waterfront so that water-related opportunities – whether for port commerce or active recreation -- can be maximized. We submitted the following comments to NYC EDC in hopes that they will incorporate them into the scope of their study and project.
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MWA Submits Waterborne Mass Transit Services Report with City Council
In December, 2005, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, in conjunction with City Councilmen David Yassky and John Liu, submitted a ferry report to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York City Department of Transportation and New York City Economic Development Corporation highlighting what steps need to be taken to strengthen New York's water transit network.
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MWA Testifies before the Franchise and Concessions Review Committee on Proposed Randalls Island Water Park
Testimony of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Before the Franchise and Concessions Review Committee By Loren Talbot, East River Advocate, April 10, 2006.
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Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Testifies at Brooklyn Bridge Park Hearing
Over one hundred community members and interest groups met at the Dilbner Auditorium at the Polytechnical Institure to share concerns and insight into the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation's Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
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Testimony: Austin, Nichols & Co. Warehouse, 184-198 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn November 22, 2005
Testimony of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Before The Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Siting and Maritime Uses of the City Council By Loren Talbot, East River Advocate
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MWA Testimony on Greenpoint/Williamsburg Rezoning
Testimony of Kimberly Miller (MAS), Loren Talbot (MWA) and Eve Baron (MAS Planning Center), January 19, 2005
On behalf of the Municipal Art Society, the Planning Center, and the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, we would like to thank the City Planning Commission for the opportunity to testify on the city’s proposed rezoning and would also like to acknowledge City Planning’s enormous effort in putting together this rezoning proposal. We commend their engagement with the community through the rezoning task force, and are optimistic that the city and the community’s goals can both ultimately be met by this rezoning. We also commend the very hard work put in over many years, by many people, that produced the neighborhoods’ two 197-a plans. We hope that this hearing anticipates the beginning and not the end of a productive process of dialog between the community and the city.
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MWA Water Access Plan for Greenpoint & Williamsburg
MWA has built upon the Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning (GWAPP)open space plan to include more water-based activity. We commend GWAPP’s plan for reintroducing new piers into the East River and believe that these piers are a launching point for a multitude of waterfront uses.
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