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CBS News
5 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Brooklyn Marine Terminal's future uncertain after 5 postponed votes on controversial redevelopment
The future of the massive redevelopment plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal is in limbo again after a long-awaited vote on the project was postponed in July for the fifth time and not rescheduled. The 122-acre waterfront site in Red Hook, once a bustling maritime hub, is now partly crumbling into the water, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Despite sharp divisions, both sides agree that the Brooklyn Marine Terminal represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine a long-neglected piece of the city's waterfront. Many longtime residents say the site deserves reinvestment to revive maritime industry. "This is a once in a lifetime thing and they can start fixing those piers tomorrow," Columbia Street resident John Leyva said. "Nobody objected to that. As a matter of fact we welcome that. We want to see those piers fixed up." But NYCEDC's vision for the site goes far beyond restoring shipping infrastructure. The agency proposed building 6,000 residential units across 60 acres of the site, 40% of which would be deemed affordable, alongside commercial, industrial, and green space, and a 400-room hotel. Community advocates say they're skeptical whether the affordable housing promises will be upheld. "I just don't understand really why some people put so much faith in those commitments," resident Randy Gordon said. "It's not written into a law. It's not even written into a contract." NYCEDC maintains the housing is essential to fund the rest of the $1.75 billion proposal, which includes transforming the port into a fully electric facility built to serve 21st-century shipping needs. "This project is so significant. We have to get this done right and we have to get it done with a sense of urgency," State Senator Andrew Gounardes, who sits on the task force responsible for reviewing the plan, said. Gounardes calls the proposal a compromise, and one that he is ready to support. "People who make $50,000, $60,000, $70,000 a year will be able to afford these apartments in a neighborhood that has seen a net decrease in the number of affordable units over the last five years," he said. "So all around, I think this checks a lot of boxes for what we could do with this asset." With the vote delayed once again, task force members have several weeks to regroup and address outstanding concerns. In a statement, Jeff Holmes, a spokesperson for NYCEDC, wrote, "Task Force Leadership and NYCEDC has heard from and seen several Task Force members voice their support for delaying the vote and to return to the table to address their concerns on the project ... This will allow for additional time for meaningful community engagement and conversations to happen with those members and the public who had previously voiced their opposition." Some residents worry the postponement is a sign of dysfunction. "They have not had the vote. So do you know what they do? They postpone it," said Nico Kean, with Voices of the Waterfront. "That doesn't seem very democratic to me." Gounardes, however, remains optimistic. "We are striving towards getting consensus," he said. "Consensus we've defined as part of our task force rules — two-thirds vote of the task force. I think we're very close to that threshold." Have a story idea or tip in Brooklyn? Email Hannah by CLICKING HERE.
Scoop
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Good Intent Announce Fifth Year Of Greater Good
Returning in it's fifth year, Good Intent are proud to announce applications are open for their independent artist initiative 'Greater Good'. The package has helped guide and support the next generation of exceptional musical talents by providing one lucky artist in-kind services and a cash grant totalling over $30,000 AUD. In addition to this, there are twenty shortlisted applicant packs available. In 2025, the package boasts partners APRA AMCOS, Forbes Street Studios, Jungle Merchandise, PHILTER, Zenith Records, Media Arts Lawyers, Billy Zammit, PLAKKIT, Louder Accounting, and this year includes a 1:1 Creative Consultation Session with TikTok's Ollie Wards. The pack includes a $4,000 AUD cash grant to further develop their career. Any unsigned artists (recording/publishing), from all walks of life and at all levels are encouraged to enter. Rick Bridgman of Good Intent notes, "We're very privileged to be able to help grow our industry through this initiative, in collaboration with our incredible collection of partners. We've discovered so many exceptional artists over the years (some established, many brand-new), with over 600 applicants alone last year. We're honoured to provide this package, guidance and skill development to the winner, plus the 20 shortlisted applicants and more to help shape their futures. Can't wait to get stuck in again!". This year's Industry Assessment Panel hosts key figures across the wider music landscape to help assess applications and guide decision-making, with Caitlin McGregor (MusicNSW), Glenn Dickie (Sounds Australia), Jannah Beth (Offbeat Collective), Daniel Morgan (Astral People), Emmy Mack (RedHook / triple j), Jess Wust (Cult Artists), Brittany Green (Campbelltown Arts Centre) and Rick Bridgman (Good Intent), collaborating on the initiative. Greater Good is proudly supported by organisations Music Victoria, QMusic, MusicACT, Music SA, and WAM. Previous winners include ixaras (2024), LAZY GHOST (2023), PENI PARKER (2022) and Jelly Oshen (2021). Last year's shortlist was stacked with outstanding talent from across the country including Belle Haven, Civic Video, DoloRRes, Elle Shimada, Empress, Erica Tucceri, Good Pash, Holly Hebe, isaac puerile, LATE 90s, Mannequin Death Squad, Oscar the Wild, PA777IENCE, RISSA, Ruby Jackson, Selfish Sons, THOM, Thunder Fox and Velvet Bloom. Good Intent offers a range of services across PR & Digital Marketing, boast a management roster of Bootleg Rascal, Close Counters, FANGZ, Fool Nelson, handling venue bookings for The Lansdowne Hotel, Kelly's On King / Bootleggers and The Troc, plus run a photography/videography studio Good Loco out of their Bulanaming/Marrickville-based office. Current clients include Akon, Aloe Blacc, BMG, Bootleg Rascal, Bryan Ferry, Chromeo, Close Counters, COTERIE, Crowded House, Daily J, Destroy All Lines, Everything Everything, FANGZ, Fool Nelson, Future Static, Klangkarussell, La Roux, Pacific Avenue, RedHook, SOFT PLAY and The Terrys. Over the years, Good Intent has also worked with the likes of Adam Port, Anjunadeep, American Hi-Fi, Astral People, Bas, Chugg Music, DOPE LEMON, Freddie Gibbs, Handsome Tours, La Roux, LUUDE, Sony Music, TMRW Music and Universal Music Group.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Friday Checkout: Amazon's in need of Prime Day grocery volunteers
This story was originally published on Grocery Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Grocery Dive newsletter. The Friday Checkout is a weekly column providing more insight on the news, rounding up the announcements you may have missed and sharing what's to come. Amazon reportedly asked its corporate New York City-area workers to take on grocery-focused tasks during Prime Day. The catch: They're requested in the warehouses to serve as 'volunteers.' The Guardian reported Monday that thousands of Amazon office employees in the metropolitan area received a Slack message that said the company was in need of 'volunteers to help us out with Prime Day to deliver to customers on our biggest days yet.' Sent out on Prime Day Eve, the message from a manager said the company 'needed' employees to work in two-hour shifts in a warehouse in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood from Tuesday to Friday — the same period as Prime Day — The Guardian reported. The report added that Amazon operates a warehouse tied to its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service. The workers would be tasked with picking items, preparing bags of groceries for delivery, packing boxes on receiving carts and working to 'boost morale with distribution of snacks,' The Guardian reported, citing the Slack message. But never fear! The workers are permitted to step into a conference room to take meetings and calls, The Guardian reported. An Amazon spokesperson told The Guardian that this isn't the first time 'grocery corporate' employees have been 'invited to volunteer' in fulfillment operations, underscoring that participation is optional. It appears Amazon did not consider the chaotic nature of Prime Day when reconfiguring its grocery executive team. Kroger revises its digital-only coupons After facing backlash from a consumer advocacy group, the grocer has been working in recent years to make it easier for in-store shoppers to access deals that were once only available online. Kroger's latest effort includes adding printed 'Weekly Digital Deals' flyers at store entrances or customer service desks at some of its stores, KOMO News reported earlier this week. 'We're focused on … making prices easier to get. So rather than a customer having to get out their phone to [clip a] digital coupon in-store, we're trying to make the customer experience in-store much easier for them to access [Kroger's] good prices,' CFO David Kennerly told investors in June. Gelson's turns up the dial on tech The Southern California grocery chain is adopting Upshop's total store platform across all of its locations, according to a Monday press release. Gelson's Market is aiming for the technology to marry its forecasting, total store ordering, production planning and real-time inventory processes with local demand dynamics. The retailer will first focus on reducing food waste and optimizing its fresh food production with the goals of enhancing quality, minimizing shrink and streamlining back-of-house production. What's summer without watermelon? Earlier this week, the Independent Grocers Alliance announced a partnership with the National Watermelon Promotion Board to launch a shopper marketing and retailer education campaign to improve watermelon awareness during the second half of 2025. The multimedia campaign will leverage IGA's retail media network, digital circulars and in-store promotions to feature watermelon as 'a healthy, fun, and versatile option for summer and holiday meals,' the announcement noted. An unconventional stock-up trip One diehard fan of H-E-B's tortillas was flying with precious cargo in their carry-on: 200 H-E-B tortillas. 'All these people and no one knows I have 200 H-E-B tortillas in my backpack,' TikTok user @annathecolossaltitan shared while standing in the boarding line for aflight. The video quickly went viral, racking up more than 79,000 likes and garnering more than 12,000 shares. It even caught the attention of H-E-B, which commented, 'Gotta keep those in the carry on. Don't want to chance them getting 'misplaced.'' In case anyone reading this is interested in trying this, the Transportation Security Administration's website lists bread as carry-on approved. Recommended Reading Amazon restructures grocery leadership as it further integrates Whole Foods Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CBS News
11-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Brooklyn Marine Terminal redevelopment plan faces some community opposition ahead of key vote
A controversial vote on the future of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal is set for June 18, as city leaders push forward a sweeping redevelopment plan that includes thousands of new housing units on the Red Hook waterfront. But local residents are pushing back. NYC looks to European waterfront cities for inspiration The site, an active shipping terminal, is in urgent need of repair, with officials warning that years of neglect have left parts of it crumbling. "As the piles deteriorate, the concrete pad on top of them also begins to deteriorate. And so you start to have pieces falling through," said Andrew Kimball, president and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). Kimball led a recent tour of the 122-acre site, which is currently responsible for less than 2% of container traffic coming into New York Harbor. City leaders say the terminal has been neglected for decades in favor of more modernized ports in New Jersey. To fund the $1.5 billion in necessary repairs, NYCEDC is proposing to build 7,700 units of housing. Kimball says it's a mixed-use vision modeled on successful European waterfront cities. "You go to Oslo and Norway, Malmö, Sweden — so many other European cities have figured out how to do this: port next to greenspace, next to housing, all in one," Kimball said. In the spring of 2024, the city and state transferred control of the terminal from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to the NYCEDC — a historic and controversial decision that officials said would transform the area into both a modern maritime industrial hub and residential community. The city says its plan includes meaningful community benefits, including priority access to affordable housing and upgrades to public housing infrastructure. "This plan is also giving an opportunity for local residents to have first dibs on a couple of hundred units of affordable housing and a $200 billion investment in Red Hook Houses," said Deputy Mayor Adolfo Carrión Jr. Critics voice concerns about project's pace, neighborhood costs But not everyone agrees with the direction of the plan. Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, a member of the 28-person Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force, argues the site should be used to revive shipping and manufacturing, not build housing. "This is city-owned site, which is also very rare ... and we're using it to build market-rate housing to pay for the housing that is being built in this site," Reynoso said. "So it's just backwards to me." Several task force members have voiced concern over the project's pace, noting that a key vote originally set for April was postponed to June after community pushback. Maria Nieto, a member of advocacy group Voices of the Waterfront, said the city's justification for pairing housing with infrastructure upgrades is flawed. "You don't have to build a skyscraper every time you want to fix the highway," Nieto said. "So that premise alone is false. Not to mention that you can build housing anywhere, but you can only build a port on the water." Pastor Alfred Adams, who leads the New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in the area, said longtime residents, including many of his congregants living in the nearby NYCHA Red Hook Houses, worry the redevelopment will drive up costs in the neighborhood. "Taxes are going to rise, the rents are going to rise, and it's going to be unaffordable," Adams said. "Because most of our congregation are on fixed incomes." If the proposal passes next week's vote, the city will move into an environmental review phase and begin seeking proposals, with construction targeted to begin before the end of the decade. Have a story idea or tip in Brooklyn? Email Hannah by CLICKING HERE.
Express Tribune
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Vincent D'Onofrio teases Kingpin's violent rise and Daredevil season 2 direction after Born Again finale
Vincent D'Onofrio, who reprises his role as Wilson Fisk (Kingpin) in Daredevil: Born Again, spoke to Variety following the Season 1 finale, offering insight into the series' violent climax, Fisk's expanding political vision, and the character's future. The final episode, now streaming on Disney+, culminates in one of the most graphic and shocking moments seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date, as Fisk kills Commissioner Gallo with his bare hands in front of his inner circle — a scene D'Onofrio called 'brutal' and even more intense than Kingpin's infamous car door kill in Netflix's original Daredevil. D'Onofrio explained that the creative team worked closely to differentiate the scene from other violent moments in Marvel history. The killing wasn't just for shock value, he said, but to illustrate how far Fisk's power has grown — and how openly he now operates in the shadows of New York's politics. The finale also reveals Fisk's long-term goal: turning New York into a city-state under his personal rule, bypassing federal oversight through the Red Hook project. 'First New York,' D'Onofrio said, hinting that Kingpin's ambitions could eventually stretch beyond the city. Despite the brutality, Fisk believes he's acting in the city's best interest — even saying, 'I love New York' in a scene meant to assert control rather than affection. The post-credits scene hints at further conflict, as Punisher escapes from captivity, potentially setting up a rematch. D'Onofrio didn't confirm Kingpin's involvement in the upcoming Punisher special but praised Jon Bernthal's performance and suggested their paths will likely cross again. When asked about Daredevil's new black suit and potential ties to the Shadowland storyline, D'Onofrio played coy, leaving room for future surprises in Season 2. As Daredevil: Born Again sets the stage for Season 2 and beyond, Fisk's reign — and the resistance against it — is just getting started.
