Innovation QNS plan calls for construction of 3,190 residential units, with 45% affordable housing, plus retail and entertainment space and a park with a performance venue.
State changes, scaled back from 'emergency' status and set for Dec. 5 official release, would raise first-floor elevations and expand flood zone boundaries unchanged since 1999.
The measure—which will fund efforts including climate change mitigation, flood risk reduction, infrastructure resilience and drinking-water protection—also includes a prevailing wage requirement.
C. Abbonizio Contractors Inc. and its president agreed to settlement resolving alleged disadvantaged business enterprise subcontract claim on a state highway project.
New York City has spent about 75% of its Sandy recovery funds, but officials say they will need more to protect against future regional impacts from storms and sea level rise.
State officials select plans for onshore-only grid expansion, eyeing later 'backbone' projects at sea using federal funds, as New England regulator rejects developer requests for project review pause due to claimed need to renegotiate power supply deal