By Chuck MacDonald - Wed February 05, 2025
NYC Aims to Thwart Flooding in Queens
A collection of neighborhoods in southeastern Queens, N.Y., has long been known as one of the largest sections of middle class African American homes in the country. The residents there live with significant neighbors including Idlewild Park, a 160-acre public park and saltwater marsh, Brookfield Park, consisting of approximately 100 acres of greenspace, and the sprawling John F....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Wed January 22, 2025
NYC Completes Upgrade to 19th Century, Two-Story Sidewalk Vault
Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that a $5.7 million project to reconstruct and stabilize a two-story high underground sidewalk vault located at 22 Reade Street has been completed nearly three months ahead of schedule and $4 million under budget....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Thu December 26, 2024
NYC Department of Design and Construction 'Got Stuff Done' in 2024
Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) celebrated the end of 2024 and the successful projects and changes to the city's capital construction process that the agency was able to accomplish during the year....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Tue October 08, 2024
Phase 2 of Massive Queens Sewer Program Completed in Maspeth, N.Y.
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced the completion of a $106 million infrastructure project in Maspeth, Queens that is the second of three that are creating a new drainage network through central Queens....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Thu September 26, 2024
NYC Completes $139M Infrastructure Project in College Point, Queens
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) joined local elected officials to celebrate the completion of a $139 million project in College Point, Queens, that covered over 100 individual blocks, upgrading over 6 mi....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Wed May 29, 2024
To Better Manage Extreme Rainfall, NYC Invests $128M to Add Storm Sewers
The NYC Departments of Environmental Protection (DEP), Transportation (DOT) and Design and Construction (DDC) joined community members and local elected officials to celebrate the completion of two infrastructure projects totaling $128 million in Whitestone, Queens, that added nearly 6 mi....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Wed May 29, 2024
NYC Begins $41M Reconstruction of Historic Tide Gate Bridge in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
NYC Parks (Parks) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) joined Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and other local officials to break ground on a $41 million project that will renovate Tide Gate Bridge in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, also known as Porpoise Bridge....
NYC Department of Environmental Protection - Mon July 11, 2022
New Sewers, Water Mains Delivered in South Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Neighborhoods
NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced the completion of a $24 million project to improve street conditions, alleviate flooding and upgrade infrastructure in the South Jamaica and St....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon November 25, 2019
Preventing Floods in an NYC Neighborhood
Work has begun on the $39 million Phase II of the New Creek Bluebelt on Staten Island, N.Y. The project is for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and is being done by the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC)....
