TESTIMONIES:
02/23/2009 Testimony submitted on behalf of S.W.I.M. Coalition before the City Planning Commission of NYC hearing on proposed Waterfront Text Amendment (N 090239 ZRY)
04/07/09 S.W.I.M. Coalition and several of its members gave testimony before Committee on Environmental Protection of the Council of the City of New York on “The Implementation of PlaNYC’s Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan”
03/03/09 S.W.I.M. Coalition testified before New York City Department of Buildings on Draft Green Roof Tax Abatement Rules
06/19/08 S.W.I.M. Coalition member Riverkeeper gave testimony before the Council of the City of New York oversight hearing, “Should the Ridgewood Reservoir Be Preserved as a Wetland?”
04/15/08 Testimony submitted on behalf of S.W.I.M. Coalition before the Council of the City of New York proposed revisions to zoning text concerning street trees and yards
12/19/07 Testimony submitted on behalf of S.W.I.M. Coalition before the City Planning Commission of NYC hearing on proposed revisions to zoning text concerning street trees and yards
11/08/07 Testimony submitted on behalf of S.W.I.M. Coalition before the Committee on Environmental Protection of the Council of the City of New York hearing on sustainable stormwater management (Intros. 628, 629, 630)
09/24/07 S.W.I.M. Coalition members gave testimony before the Council of the City of New York on “Rising Waters: What Can the DEP Do About Flooding?”
02/14/07 S.W.I.M. Coalition members gave testimony before the Council of the City of New York oversight hearing on the City’s PLANYC 2030 sustainability goal to “open 90% of our waterways for recreation by reducing water pollution and preserving our natural areas” and how best to achieve it.
10/17/06 Several founding members of the S.W.I.M. Coalition gave testimony Committee on Environmental Protection of the Council of the City of New York hearing on Long Term CSO Control Plans
EVENTS:
06/30/08 S.W.I.M. Coalition Stormwater Summit at Hudson River Park (click here for agenda, and see Resources page for summary of outcomes)
11/08/07 City Hall Press Conference with Councilmember James Gennaro, Chair of the NYC Council Committee on Environmental Protection on Sustainable Stormwater Legislation
NY1 News VIDEO:Environmental Advocates Propose Bills To Reduce Sewage In City Water
10/28/07 Crappiest Costume Contest (come as your favorite water pollution), Habana Outpost, Brooklyn
03/22/07 SWIM Coalition Launch Event on World Water Day at Stuyvesant Cove Park
On World Water Day, Splashing for a Swimmable NYC, Huffington Post, Linda Cronin-Gross, March 22, 2007
LETTERS:
07.07.10 Commissioner Caswell Holloway, NYC Environmental Protection, re: public participation and the process of integrating Green Infrastructure into the Long Term Control Plans
03.04.10 Regional Administrator Judith Enck, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 re: status of total maximum daily load (TMDL) for nutrients and pathogens for NY harbor
03.04.09 Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, re: draft rules for implementing green roof tax abatement
08.25.08 Rohit Aggarwala, Director of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, re: Coalition Response to Creation of Green Roof Tax Abatement
04.14.08 Honorable Tony Avella, Chair, Subcommittee of Zoning and Franchises, NYC Council, re: Street trees planting text amendment, yard text amendment
03.12.08 Honorable Amanda Burden, Chairperson of NYC Planning Commission, re: Proposed Zoning Text Amendments Concerning Street Trees and Yards
08.22.07 Ariella Rosenberg Maron, Senior Policy Advisor on Sustainability at the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, re: Points for Consideration in Developing Fall 2007 CSO Stakeholder Meeting Agenda
08.16.07 Letter to the New York Times Editor
07.18.07 Letter from Open Water Long Term Control Plan Combined Sewer Overflow Citizens Advisory Committee to New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd, Re: Response of CAC members to LTCP process, as well as some issues concerning the relationship between the LTCP and PlaNYC.
07.10.07 Rohit Aggarwala, Director of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, re: Coalition Response to PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York
06.14.07 Letter to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis
02. 18.07 Honorable Michael R Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, re: An Introduction to the S.W.I.M. Coalition Platform
