Public Outreach Meetings

To learn more about Local Law 71 and the Advisory Committee, 2 public outreach meetings were held:

BROOKLYN

• January 11, 2006; transcript

QUEENS

• February 9, 2006; announcement, transcript
• Brad Sewell (NRDC) delivered a presentation entitled "The Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan NYC Department of Environmental Protection, Current and Potential Protection Efforts" on February 9 at York College in Queens. A similar presentation was given at the January 11 public meeting in Brooklyn.
• If you were unable to attend either of the scheduled meetings and would like to provide input, please use the contact information below:
  
  Contact Information
  John McLaughlin
  Ecological Services
  New York City Department of Environmental Protection
  johnm@dep.nyc.gov
  (If you are unable to access the Internet or do not have email, call 718-595-4458.)
  
  Brad Sewell, Advisory Committee Co-chair
  c/o Megan Lew
  mlew@nrdc.org
  Natural Resources Defense Council
  40 West 20 St., New York, NY 10011

A 3rd public outreach meeting was held to discuss the progress of the Watershed Protection Plan:

QUEENS

• June 14, 2006; announcement, transcript

A 4th public outreach meeting was held to discuss the progress of the Watershed Protection Plan:

QUEENS

• October 4, 2006; announcement, agenda
• Presentation by John McLaughlin (NYCDEP)
• Presentation by Brad Sewell (NRDC)