Uniland Development Corp. is dropping its plan to construct a transportation, logistics and shipping hub in South Buffalo â as part of a collaborative effort around international trade â because the land it was targeting can t easily support the facilities without prohibitive costs.
Instead, the Amherst developer is proposing to build a 5-megawatt solar panel farm on the same 20.3-acre brownfield property at 255 Ship Canal Parkway. Officials are currently meeting with solar contractors and operators to select a partner.
âWeâre changing our strategy for that 20-acre site,â said Uniland spokeswoman Jill Pawlik.
Neither Pawlik nor the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. â which owns the property in the Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park â had details on the plan, which is still being developed. Uniland said it expects the project would produce enough power to supply electricity to about 800 households.
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But there is another challenge for coastal communities: not wanting to move. Pacifica, California, sits precariously on an eroding cliff, and town officials have repeatedly pressed defiant residents to move inland. The West Coast faces sea-level rise at a rate higher than the global average, yet Pacifica residents are demanding stronger seawalls to protect their homes rather than giving in to calls to relocate.
Ultimately, the United States’ vast coastal areas will likely be seen as too valuable to abandon. Coastal counties and their many major cities account for over 40 percent of the country’s jobs and almost half of its gross domestic product (GDP), and many investor and retirement assets lie on the coasts.
In a report that alleges that the Chester Stormwater Authority offered the Philadelphia Union to reduce its fees in exchange for land for a basketball facility and that claims Chester City Hall is top heavy and elected officials there have not contributed to the city s fiscal stability, the state-appointed Receiver laid out actions needed to be taken to begin to steer the city toward financial solvency.
In response to the Receiver for the City of Chester Status Update filed with Commonwealth Court on Dec. 2, both city and Stormwater Authority officials had diametrically opposing views to the report s findings.
In the report, the Receiver noted that the office had been contacted by several city businesses, including the Philadelphia Union, who told them that Joseph Oxman, solicitor for the Stormwater Authority of the City of Chester, had approached the soccer organization to offer a reduction in its stormwater fees if it provided the authority land to build a basketball facility.
9 arrested after protesters, police clash outside Bergen County jail at anti-ICE demonstration
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
Police arrested nine people, eight of whom live in New York, during anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests outside of the Bergen County Jail Saturday evening after demonstrators and police clashed.
The nine people, whose names have yet to be released, were charged with offenses including obstruction of government function, disorderly conduct, aggravated assault on police officers and resisting arrest, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said during a press conference Sunday morning.
All have been issued summons and released. Cureton did not take questions.
“This only applies to some individuals, and many were there to protest peacefully and respectfully,” he said, noting there were around 150 people gathered at the demonstration.
Demonstrators rally for small business on Outerbridge Crossing, disrupt traffic
Updated Dec 09, 2020;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A convoy of about 10 vehicles escorted by several police cars slowed traffic on the New Jersey-bound side of the Outerbridge Crossing Wednesday evening, as small business owners and supporters protested another round of city and state enforced shut-downs amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“This is for small businesses because everyone is struggling, and we’re all supposed to be in this together,” said Anthony Gambino, 37, of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. “We wanna see the way the city will feel if we shut down the bridge.”