Here's The Meeting Line-Up On The East River Park Resiliency Plan

EAST VILLAGE, NY — Want to weigh in on the East River Park resiliency project? Have a specific question?

Various meetings and hearings are scheduled in the coming weeks as the project, called the East Side Coastal Resiliency project, goes through the public review process called the uniform land use review procedure.

The de Blasio administration has been planning a project for years to protect the Lower East Side through Stuyvesant Town from storm surge and sea level rise, as well as damage from storms like Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

A previous plan to implement berms and walls along the FDR Drive was largely scrapped last fall. In its place, the city has proposed a plan to bury East River Park with eight feet of soil and rebuild a new park on top.

The project would require closing East River Park for 3.5 years of construction, which has outraged neighbors. The city has announced various parks and playgrounds upgrades should the park close in its entirety under the plan, though many projects were already in the works.

Here's a list of meetings to find out more and tell the city what you think:

• Tuesday, May 28, 6:30 p.m.: A Community Board 6 land use and waterfront committee meeting on the East Side Coastal Resiliency project. This meeting will be a public hearing on the plan under the uniform land use review procedure, or ULURP, process. It will be located at NYU Dentistry, 433 First Ave. at East 26th Street. The public hearing will follow two other agenda items.
• Wednesday, June 5, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.: A city led community open house about the project at Peter Cooper Village, 360 First Avenue at East 21st Street, Lower Level.
• Wednesday, June 6, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.: A city led community open house about the project at Peter Cooper Village, 360 First Avenue at East 21st Street, Lower Level.
• Tuesday, June 11, 6:30 p.m.: A public hearing for the uniform land use review procedure, or ULURP, with Community Board 3's waterfront and resiliency committee at P.S./M.S. 188, The Island School, 442 E. Houston St. at Houston and Baruch Drive. See CB 3's calendar for additional documents. Per CB 3, "This is a public hearing to hear from all stakeholders regarding the land use action for resiliency measures for East River Park and protection of waterfront land. Each speaker will have 2 minutes to speak."
• Thursday, June 13, 6:30 p.m.: CB 3's waterfront and resiliency committee meeting with various agenda items, including the ESCR project, at Henry Street Settlement Youth Services Gymnasium, 301 Henry St.

Patch will update this page with meetings and locations as they are scheduled.

Here's more information on the city's open houses in June: