Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 25, 2025
From Hudson to Hackensack River
Residents and businesspeople along the Hudson River in New York are used to seeing unusual sights traveling downriver from the Port of Albany toward New York City. However, even experienced river watchers gawked at the sight on Nov....
Skanska - Wed June 25, 2025
Skanska Completes Renovation of Hospital for Special Surgery Sports Medicine Institute West Side in New York City
Skanska announced the completion of the $8M renovation of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Sports Medicine Institute West Side located in New York City. "We are proud to collaborate with HSS and to be celebrating the successful expansion of this cutting-edge, high-performance healthcare facility that treats more than 95,000 patients per year," said Sean Szatkowski, executive vice president, general manager, Skanska USA Building....
Port Authority of New York New Jersey & amNY - Tue June 03, 2025
Construction Begins on Manhattan's $10B Midtown Bus Terminal Transformation
Construction on the New York Port Authority's Midtown Bus Terminal in Manhattan began May 29, 2025, when shovels hit the dirt on the Dyer Avenue deck-overs at the West Side work site, marking the first stage of construction for the much-anticipated $10 billion bus hub....
USTA & Tennis.com - Mon June 02, 2025
U.S. Tennis Association Unveils $800M Makeover of U.S. Open Complex in Queens, N.Y.
America's biggest tennis stage will soon get a major makeover. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) unveiled plans May 19, 2025, for an $800 million "reimagining" of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., which will include a top-to-bottom transformation of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the U.S Open's iconic center court....
Amtrak - Wed May 28, 2025
East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project Officially Under Way
Amtrak crews kicked off the first long-term track outage in support of the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project (ERT Rehab), a critical infrastructure investment that will restore the two tunnel tubes damaged by Superstorm Sandy (Line 1 & Line 2)....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Tue May 27, 2025
First Phase of East Side Coastal Resiliency Receives Award
Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the first phase of East Side Coastal Resiliency in the area north of East 15th Street received a National Recognition Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) at its 2025 Engineering Excellence (EEA) Awards....
Office of New York Mayor Eric Adams & amNewYork - Thu May 22, 2025
New York City to Begin $402M Fifth Avenue Redesign in 2028 Stretching About 16 Blocks
Construction to transform a stretch of Manhattan's iconic Fifth Avenue into a pedestrian-focused boulevard will officially begin in early 2028, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced May 21, 2025....
New York Times - Wed May 21, 2025
Trump Administration Reverses Order, Allows N.Y.'s Huge Offshore Wind Project to Restart
The Trump administration on May 19, 2025, allowed construction to proceed on a massive wind farm off the coast of New York's Long Island, a month after federal officials had issued a highly unusual stop-work order that had pushed the $5 billion project to the brink of collapse....
Staten Island Advance/SILive.com - Thu May 08, 2025
As Part of Reviving Staten Island's Waterfront, Work Starts On New Tompkinsville Esplanade
New York City is in the process of revitalizing State Island's North Shore, with construction now under way on a new waterfront esplanade located near the borough's busiest transit hub. Recently, a reporter from the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com was given an exclusive tour of the new Tompkinsville Esplanade construction site, a previously under-used half-mile stretch of land that will be transformed into 2 acres of public waterfront open space connecting the Stapleton waterfront to Lighthouse Point and the St....
New York Daily News - Thu May 08, 2025
If Allowed, Amtrak Plans to Delay the Start of Renovations to NYC's East River Tunnel
Amtrak officials announced May 7, 2025, that they would be pushing back the start of work on the New York City's East River Tunnel by two weeks. Just the day before, Mayor Eric Adams joined a growing chorus of elected leaders calling on the federal railroad to halt its plans to close a quarter of the tunnel's rail tubes for repair....
