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New York Post
14-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
A neglected area of Staten Island will get a fresh batch of new eco-friendly housing
Staten Island's North Shore is set to host New York City's largest mass timber residential development. Mayor Eric Adams and the city's Economic Development Corporation announced their chosen developers for the mixed-income housing project on Monday. Artimus and Phoenix Realty Group will head the massive development on two vacant sites along the North Shore's Stapleton waterfront. 'With today's announcement, we are checking another key box of our North Shore checklist,' Adams said. 'We are not only building the affordable homes New Yorkers need but using sustainable materials to reduce our carbon footprint and help turn New York City's waterways into the 'Harbor of the Future.'' 5 A rendering of one of the mass timber residences. GF55 Architects 5 Developers Artimus and Phoenix Realty Group were tapped by the city to take on the 500-unit job. GF55 Architects 5 An aerial view of the proposed development at the New Stapleton Waterfront. GF55 Architects One quarter of the 500 units will be designated as affordable, or available to households earning between 40 to 80% of the area median income. This carve-out makes the project 'one of the largest mass timber residential projects with affordable housing in the entire country,' according to the city's announcement. Mass timber, according to the city, will reduce the project's carbon footprint and speed up construction time. The engineered wood, made by bonding smaller wood pieces together, is considered a sustainable alternative to other construction materials. In addition to coming from a renewable source, the mass timber also weighs less than steel or concrete. The project is a piece of the mayor's 2023 pledge to invest $400 million into the borough's neglected North Shore. In addition to monetary investment, the four-year roadmap for the 'Staten Island North Shore Action Plan: Building a Vibrant, Mixed-Use Waterfront Community,' sets out to build 2,400 homes, more than 20 acres of public space, more than 7,500 jobs and $3.8 billion in economic impact over 30 years. 5 A sign at Stapleton waterfront park. stefano giovannini 5 Adams at Stapleton Houses in Staten Island in 2021. white The New Stapleton Waterfront, in particular, is turning a former US naval base into a 38-acre mixed-use neighborhood. The city's Economic Development Corporation broke ground on the next 6 acres of open space and esplanades at the waterfront in September, including the demolition of the old naval buildings. 'For too long, Staten Island's waterfront sat undeveloped and underutilized,' said State Assemblymember Charles D. Fall. 'This project marks a new chapter — one that brings much-needed housing, creates local jobs, and embraces sustainable building to ensure the North Shore becomes a place that serves our community for generations to come.' The development is the first publicly awarded project to use mass timber at scale in the Northeast United States, according to the city. The use of mass timber plays into another one of Adams' plans. The mayor's 'Green Economy Action Plan,' sets out to, among other things, provide New Yorkers with nearly 400,000 projected 'green-collar' jobs by 2040. Construction is expected to start in 2027.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Yahoo
Hall of Shame bad contractor faces judge on charges
The Brief Artimus Brintley was the focus of a Hall of Shame story last year, and now he is facing criminal charges. Brintley allegedly posed as a licensed and insured contractor but one ex-customer says she learned he was a liar. His real name - Tyrone Artimus Brintley, has a previous gn conviction and faces 15 years if found guilty. FOX 2 - Look who's getting ready for court, it's Artimus Brintley - a Hall of Shame inductee and now defendant. Artimus is being charged as a habitual offender for taking money under false pretenses in Judge Ronald Giles' Detroit courtroom. If convicted, he could go to prison for 15 years. The backstory And it's for the exact stuff Rob Wolchek reported about last May. Wolchek busted Artimus while bidding a contractor's job. But you'd sure think Artimus was a contractor. He drove around in a van that said his company was licensed and insured. His website said he was licensed and insured - but guess what? Rob Wolchek: "Are you a licensed contractor?" Artimus: "No." Jodi told FOX 2 that she thought he was a liar - adding that she found out the hard way. She and her husband hired Artimus to fix up a couple of their investment properties - but from the start it was a disaster. One guy that Artimus told Jodi 'he hired' to help work on her house, actually stole her appliances. Artimus was good at playing the victim, because he went on Channel 7 and told a sad story about how he lost his tools in the burglary. He started a GoFundMe page and managed to get thousands in donations - even though Jodi was the one who had to replace all her appliances. Next, Jodi says Artimus started a fire. "He left a heat gun plugged in and it was sitting on top of paint cans and next to paint thinner, on top of a bag of shims which is dry wood, and paint rags and it caught fire," she said. Related:Customer forced to pay for contractor's lies After the fire, Jodi's new countertops and floors were ruined. Wolchek: "You're thinking he's insured, he's going to pay for this - and you found out ...." "We have no recourse," Jodi said. Jodi's insurance company found out it was all a lie and that Artimus wasn't insured. Artimus wasn't a licensed builder - in fact, Artimus wasn't even his first name. He's really Tyrone Artimus Brintley and he's a felon convicted of a gun offense. Artimus - AKA Tyrone - blocked Jodi's phone, disappeared and never finished her job. But he kept on taking on new construction jobs and that's when Wolchek busted him. Artimus told denied starting the fire says it was one of his subcontractors. But admits he told Jodi and her husband he's licensed and insured, and isn't. Wolchek: "Don't you think that's misleading?" "No." It was a weird answer to something that sure seems like a lie, but he did promise to give Jodi her money back. Unfortunately he never did - which brings us to a preliminary examination in 36th District Court in Detroit. Artimus doesn't say a thing, but Jodi does on the witness stand. "He told us he was licensed and insured," she said. And Wolchek's Hall of Shame story is part of the case by Assistant Prosecutor Steven Kaplan. Kaplan: "What if anything did the defendant, Mr. Brintley, say to Rob Wolchek about the status of his work whether he was licensed and insured?" "He said he was not licensed," Jodi Artimus Brintley's defense attorney, Kiana Franulick, just seemed to make things worse by bringing up other jobs. "Let me make this as clear as I can make it, you have now opened the door for another charge," said Judge Ronald Giles. "Your honor, I'm just breaking down the receipts," said Franulick. "I'm just making a statement counselor," Giles said. "You can do what you want with it, but you're opening the door for another charge." Kaplan closed his argument with this: "Then they met the contractor from hell here who said, 'Oh I'm licensed, I'm great, I'm insured.' He had no intention of doing that work, judge." With that, the judge rules there was sufficient evidence to move the case along to circuit court. Tyrone Artimus Brintley has pleaded not guilty and will be arraigned in the higher court for false pretenses later this month. The Source Information for this story was gathered from interviews, legal documents, a court hearing and a previous report by Rob Wolchek.
