{"id":2372,"date":"2011-08-02T20:49:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2011-08-02T20:49:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:49:28","slug":"the-revival-of-brooklyns-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/?p=2372","title":{"rendered":"The Revival of Brooklyn\u2019s Waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>FROM THE CITY HALL\u00a0<\/strong><em>By Michael Bloomberg<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong>The Revival of Brooklyn\u2019s Waterfront<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">New York City was once one of\u00a0the great manufacturing capitals\u00a0of the world, until many of those\u00a0 businesses migrat ed to other\u00a0parts of the globe where they\u00a0were able to find cheaper land\u00a0and cheaper labor. But we\u2019ve\u00a0always believ ed that New York\u00a0must be a place where people\u00a0can find good jobs in making\u00a0and moving products. And now,\u00a0thanks the investments we\u2019re\u00a0making to diversify our economic<br \/>\nbase and put more New\u00a0Yorkers to work, that\u2019s happening\u00a0on a substantial scale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Specifically, we\u2019ve set in\u00a0motion an ambitious plan to\u00a0revive Brooklyn\u2019s working\u00a0water front and catalyze the creation\u00a0of some 11,000 new industrial\u00a0jobs there over the next two\u00a0decades. You can already see\u00a0 some of the fruits of those labors\u00a0in the new businesses that are\u00a0moving into the area. Phoenix\u00a0 Bevera ges, for instance, is opening\u00a0a new shipping facility that\u00a0will not only take some 20,000\u00a0trucks a year off the road, but\u00a0also create and preserve 600\u00a0jobs. Sims Municipal Recycling\u00a0is opening a recycling fa ci lity at\u00a0the 30th Street Pier, which will\u00a0also eliminate truck trips and\u00a0create 100 jobs. And the Axis\u00a0Group is building a new cargo\u00a0terminal at the South Brooklyn\u00a0Marine Ter mi nal, which will\u00a0create 600 more jobs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last week, we moved forward\u00a0on another significant\u00a0investment in our industrial sector :\u00a0The redevelopment of a\u00a0mam moth warehouse in Sun set\u00a0Park endearingly known as \u2018Federal Building Num ber Two.\u2019\u00a0The warehouse \u2013 which is as big\u00a0as Macy\u2019s department store at\u00a0Herald Square \u2013 was built in\u00a01916 for the U.S. Navy, but for\u00a0the past decade it has sat completely\u00a0empty. In May, we brokered\u00a0the sale of the building to\u00a0a development company that is\u00a0now going to transform the\u00a0facility into a new hub for small\u00a0industrial businesses. We expect\u00a0this project will create 400 construction\u00a0jobs and lead to at least\u00a01,300 in dustrial jobs \u2013 jobs that\u00a0are especially important to\u00a0immigrants and those who are\u00a0climbing the first rungs of the\u00a0economic ladder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Creating more jobs is our\u00a0Administration\u2019s number one\u00a0job, and we\u2019re waging this effort\u00a0on many fronts \u2013 even in areas\u00a0that you wouldn\u2019t normally\u00a0expect. Take traffic congestion,\u00a0for example. Traffic jams aren\u2019t\u00a0just a headache for those who\u00a0are stuck in them; they can also\u00a0be job killers \u2013 by robbing businesses\u00a0of valuable time that\u00a0instead could be spent selling\u00a0products and serving customers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What\u2019s especially aggravating\u00a0is the traffic caused by unnecessary road construction.\u00a0How many times have you seen\u00a0a street get torn up for maintenance\u00a0or repair work, repaved,\u00a0and then ripp ed up all over again\u00a0for another project ? Well, we\u2019re\u00a0working to make that kind of\u00a0aggravation a thing of the past \u2013 thanks to a new online system\u00a0we\u2019ve unveiled that brings\u00a0together City agencies, utility\u00a0com panies, and construction\u00a0firms to coordinate their projects\u00a0and reduce unnecessary road\u00a0work. There will be higher fines,\u00a0too, for those who flout the rules\u00a0and dig up streets without a permit.\u00a0It\u2019s a simple fix to an ageold problem \u2013 and it\u2019s going to\u00a0help keep traffic moving, which\u00a0is vital to keeping our economy\u00a0moving, too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">this article in belong ton the august 02 2011 edition of Haiti-Observateur \u00e0 <strong>P. 7<\/strong> :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/H-O-2-novembre-2011.pdf\">http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/H-O-2-novembre-2011.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM THE CITY HALL\u00a0By Michael Bloomberg The Revival of Brooklyn\u2019s Waterfront New York City was once one of\u00a0the great manufacturing capitals\u00a0of the world, until many of those\u00a0 businesses migrat ed to other\u00a0parts of the globe where they\u00a0were able to find cheaper land\u00a0and cheaper labor. But we\u2019ve\u00a0always believ ed that New York\u00a0must be a place where people\u00a0can find good jobs in making\u00a0and moving products. And now,\u00a0thanks the investments we\u2019re\u00a0making to diversify our economic base and put more New\u00a0Yorkers to work, that\u2019s happening\u00a0on a substantial scale. Specifically, we\u2019ve set in\u00a0motion an ambitious&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,46,13,45],"tags":[217,318,604,612,904,974,1331,1358],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}