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Op-ed – What’s The Emergency? Roosevelt Island Residents Ask If Safety Or Real Estate Development Is The Real Reason For Steam Plant Demolition In A Few Days

By Roosevelt Island Resident Emanuella Grinberg On Behalf Of Community Steam Plant Group and ArchRI

With demolition of the iconic Roosevelt Island steam plant smokestacks potentially days away, the City appears to be changing its tune on the alleged “emergency” basis for the site’s destruction. For nearly six months, City agencies have called the demolition an “emergency” proceeding under an “emergency order” to “address potential collapse of the smokestacks.”  But in an FAQ sheet that was shared in a Community […]

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