The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, responding to a sharp rise in demand for additional cargo space and services, announced Wednesday a major new initiative to expand its cargo facilities at Newark Liberty International Airport. The agency has issued a request for proposals to prequalified firms to lease, operate and maintain two of the airport’s major cargo buildings through ...

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking partners to launch and operate the Pandemic Response Institute (PRI), a new institution dedicated to preparing New York City for future pandemics and public health emergencies. The Institute is part of an ongoing vision, outlined in Mayor de ...

THE CBH Group has commenced a Request for Proposal (RFP) process for its above-rail operations. The current 10-year agreement with incumbent rail operator Watco Australia will expire on April 30, 2022. Since CBH invested in its own rail fleet in 2011, it has managed to halt inflationary increases in freight costs and hold freight rates flat. In the current agreement, ...

Even the best-laid plans often go awry, and so it is in NY sports betting. Four companies moved ahead of the game and had first-skin access deals for the market months and even years ago:  DraftKings, partnered with Del LagoFanDuel, partnered with Tioga DownsBet365, partnered with Empire ResortsBetRivers, affiliated with Rush Street‘s Rivers Casino But under the New York sports betting deal reached this week, those agreements are moot. Instead, ...

A tug of war is taking place between the two powerful stewards of Central Park, over one of its most popular attractions: Wollman Rink, at 63rd Street. Ultimately, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (Parks) has the power to determine who will get a new contract to run the iconic ice skating rink. The Central Park Conservancy ...

The Chelsea Houses on West 26th Street, April 6, 2021. Two years ago, City Hall floated a plan that, for many, amounted to a worst case scenario for public housing tenants: demolish and rebuild parts of two New York City Housing Authority complexes in Chelsea. The 2019 proposal for the Fulton and Chelsea-Elliott Houses was met with swift and intense backlash as ...

The Finger Lakes Regional Land Bank is working to figure out what’s next for a historic property in Waterloo. The Land Bank has released a Request for Proposals for the purchase and redevelopment of the Judge J.K. Richardson House located at 101 Virginia St. in the village of Waterloo. Officials say it’s a unique opportunity within the village for rehabilitation ...

Though Cuomo still supports mobile sports wagering, a dispute with the Oneida Nation creates obstacles With several days of intense negotiations and the Easter holiday in the rear-view mirror, New York lawmakers appeared to inch closer Monday to a deal on mobile sports betting before another wrinkle in an ongoing tribal dispute provided a setback in the state’s attempt to legalize online sports wagering. ...

The Select Board is working on a request for proposals for a cell tower to be located at the Bolton Road water tank but will need to find a source of technical expertise to proceed with the project. Assistant Town Administrator Marie Sobalvarro presented the draft at the board’s Jan. 19 meeting. The draft RFP sets four evaluation criteria for ...

General Electric (GE) has filed suit seeking major monetary damages from Siemens Energy in a Virginia federal court, alleging “willful and malicious misappropriation of GE trade secrets” as they competed to be suppliers to Dominion Energy Virginia. Dominion is not a named defendant, but an employee (reportedly now gone) is accused of sharing GE’s data with Siemens. A copy of ...

LEGAL NOTICE ***NYS PARKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY*** The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation requests proposals (“RFP”) for the development and operation of a concession for an E-commerce website with exclusively licensed merchandise, RFP number X001408. Proposals are welcomed for a private sector partner to develop and operate an e-commerce website to be the sole online source ...

Popular Boardwalk restaurants like Caracas Arepa Bar, Rippers, and Low Tide Bar fear they may be pushed out Rockaway Beach Rockaway residents are pushing back against the NYC Parks Department’s decision to handover a concessions contract along the Rockaway Beach Boardwalk to the team behind Brooklyn Bazaar. The Concessions — which include the burger joint Rippers at Beach 86th, Low Tide Bar ...

Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. The city is looking to develop the former site of P.S. 90 at the corner of Church and Bedford avenues in Flatbush into affordable housing and community space.  The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) released a Request For Qualifications (RFQ) yesterday to establish a group of “Qualified Applicants” that will be invited to ...

Lefferts Boulevard Bridge Dear Editor: Kew Gardens community organizations are partnering with the Mutual Housing Association of New York (MHANY), a not-for-profit housing and commercial property development organization, to submit a unique response to an MTA request for proposal (RFP). The RFP calls for managing the 14 stores that are at the heart of this community’s main shopping area and are situated ...

Today, Governor Chris Sununu issued the following statement after the ACLU-NH, NHLA and DRC-NH announced a class action lawsuit in conjunction with a New York special interest group against the State of New Hampshire: “This lawsuit is led by Children’s Rights Incorporated – a special interest group, backed by Wall Street law firms, which preys on child protection programs across the country. While ...

China Mobile Ltd., China Telecom Corp Ltd., China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd will be suspended from trading between Jan. 7 and Jan. 11, and proceedings to delist them have started, according to a statement by the exchange. The New York Stock Exchange said it will delist three Chinese corporations to comply with a U.S. executive order that imposed restrictions on companies identified as affiliated ...

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RECREATION MASTER PLAN RFP #21-042 Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Albany, Procurement Division, 222 Pine Avenue, Suite 260, Albany, Georgia, 31701, until 5:00 p.m., January 29, 2021 for a qualified firm/team with considerable experience in citizen involvement/participation, visioning, planning, design and market analysis to develop the New Recreation Master Plan. Pre-proposal conference on ...

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking plans to build 100 percent affordable housing in Stapleton on the North Shore of Staten Island. The City-owned site provides over 100,000 square feet of land for affordable housing, community amenities and other improvements as part of the island’s mixed-use development. Courtesy of John Bartelstone As the HPD outlines, ...

Stapleton Site A on Staten Island’s North Shore The Department of Housing Preservation and Development has released a request for affordable housing proposals for the north shore of Staten Island. The RFP would use 108,000 square feet of land owned by the city for a mixed-use development with 100-percent affordable housing and community amenities and services. “Today marks an important step in implementing our Stapleton ...

NEW YORK CITY’S DEPUTY MAYOR OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT VICKI BEEN SPEAKING AT THE MIPIM PROPTECH CONFERENCE.  One of the biggest property owners in the tri-state area wants to add more proptech to its real estate. New York City released a request for proposal (RFP) last week to partner with a company to vet and recommend proptech startups that the city could ...

The Mohawk Ramp at 477 Washington St. City officials are asking for ideas about how to redevelop the Mohawk Ramp in downtown Buffalo into a project, that would bring commercial space and apartments to what is now a big parking garage. The city has issued a request for proposals from a “qualified developer or team” to buy and rehab the ...

Partnership Plays Major Role in the Battle against Brain Diseases NEW YORK — The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) issued a joint request for proposals (RFP) targeting novel research to advance and accelerate ways to diagnose and treat frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) — the most common dementia for people under 60. Funding for this RFP is being ...

Posted in: Chesapeake Network Submitted by: Sarah Koser States: DC, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia The Chesapeake Bay Trust has been designated to receive federal funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Team Project Initiative. The work funded by this initiative advances outcomes identified in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. Each year, certain outcomes are chosen by the Chesapeake ...

The City of Buffalo is seeking a developer for the Mohawk Ramp site. The 1.1 site is located at the corner of East Mohawk and Ellicott streets. The city is seeking proposals for a developer or development team to acquire and redevelop the site, which is currently home to the 629-space parking ramp, which was built in 1959. The proposed ...

The City of York’s wastewater treatment plant. Tuesday, August 25, 2020 The City of York administration is poised to recommend to City Council and the York City Sewer Authority that they approve the sale of its sewer system. This is in response to four bids that were received on Dec. 9. Prior to submission of these bids, the York Area Regional Sewer Authority, ...

The city wants to find a developer for the Mohawk Ramp. Replacing the aging downtown Mohawk Ramp is at the center of the new mobility masterplan being championed by Mayor Byron Brown and his economic development team. The city is expected to release an RFP by Dec. 11 looking for a designated developer for the four-level, 609-space ramp located at the corner ...

LEGAL NOTICE ***NYS PARKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY*** The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has issued a request for proposal (“RFP”) for the operation of a golf course and clubhouse concession at Springbrook Greens State Golf Course in Sterling, New York, RFP number X001403. To request a copy of the RFP, contact Judi Lott in the Finger ...

As the city entertains final bids for the purchase of its York wastewater treatment plant, one local authority is calling foul.  On Wednesday, Dec. 9, the York Area Regional Sewer Authority sent out a news release stating that requests to meet with city officials, city council and Mayor Michael Helfrich’s administration on a potential bid for the wastewater treatment plant have been denied.  ...

LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF SENECA FALLS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR LABOR COUNSEL SERVICES PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 21, 2020 AT 5:00 P.M. The Town of Seneca Falls invites interested law firms to submit written proposals to provide labor counsel services to the Town. Under the supervision of the Town Supervisor, the selected law firm will provide legal advice to the ...

While youth ages 6 through 18 are the primary customers, some services may also be appropriate for adults. November 20 2020 The City of Rochester’s Department of Recreation and Human Services has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking the services of a consultant(s) to perform creative arts training and instruction services for youth. While youth ages 6 through 18 ...