Waterfront
Waterfront power plant continues to fight in court, asks to appeal
A September appellate court ruling to block the construction of a massive, 1,100 megawatt power plant on the East River is not the end of the road for the plant, an attorney for the developers said today. TransGas Energy has asked asked permission to appeal the Brooklyn appellate court’s September 22 ruling which would have effectively ended their nearly decade old plan to build the plant, said John Dax, an attorney for the company.
Court blocks power plant as city searches for more energy
BROOKLYN—Behind a tall, chain link fence topped with barbed wire along the Brooklyn waterfront sits several piles of rock and dirt, a backhoe, and a small construction office. This is the future home of Bushwick Inlet Park.
Right next door, one group of developers has their own plans—building a massive, 1,100-megawatt underground power plant with a [...]
