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Time Out
2 days ago
- General
- Time Out
Will the Red Hook Pool ever open this summer after numerous delays? Here's the latest
It's been a scorcher of a summer already in New York City, but for Red Hook, one vital cool-down spot remains stubbornly out of commission. The Red Hook Pool, a beloved Olympic-sized oasis that's served the Brooklyn waterfront since 1936, never opened for the season. Just days before its planned June 27 debut, a decades-old pipe 'completely disintegrated,' according to NYC Parks officials, halting operations before the first splash. Since then, the timeline has shifted like a pool noodle in the deep end. First slated for a July 19 reopening, that date was quickly scrapped once it became clear the busted 16-inch feeder pipe needed to be custom-fabricated—a process that takes weeks. Now, the earliest projected reopening is mid-August, leaving just a few fleeting weeks before city pools close on September 7. That news hasn't gone over well with locals. Alan Mukamal, a longtime resident who recently founded Friends of the Red Hook Pool, said the city's suggested alternatives aren't practical for many families. 'I had little kids, I know I wasn't going to get them on a bus to go two miles, transfer, go swimming, get back on the bus with the air conditioner on, they're all wet,' he told Brooklyn Paper. 'It's not a realistic thing.' Council Member Alexa Avilés echoed the frustration, noting the city's failure to provide alternative options or timely communication. 'These delays are really frustrating,' she told the paper. 'To see [a needed upgrade] drag on forever and then impact pool operations is very frustrating.' Red Hook has felt the ripple effects of long-neglected infrastructure before. The pool and adjacent recreation center were badly damaged during Hurricane Sandy and are now in line for a $122 million rebuild, slated to begin in 2028. That project will fully replace the pool basin, filtration systems and add resiliency upgrades, but it's cold comfort to residents sweating it out in 2025. In the meantime, community members and groups like New Yorkers for Parks are calling for action: faster fixes, shuttle service to other pools and transparency around what's next. 'Pools are not a luxury, they are essential to communities, so to have this pool close on the first day the pools were supposed to open—that's heartbreaking,' said Kathy Park Price, director of advocacy and policy at New Yorkers for Parks, in an interview with The City. While the Red Hook Pool will technically—just barely—open for the season, this summer of no-swim has left many residents high and dry in a neighborhood where access to green space and public cooling options are already limited.
New York Post
6 days ago
- New York Post
Mayor Eric Adams claims key documents lost in Hurricane Sandy in $5M sex assault lawsuit
The hurricane ate my records! That's what city lawyers told a former NYPD worker suing Mayor Eric Adams for sexual assault, claiming that Hurricane Sandy wiped out Adam's personnel records in 2012. Lorna Beach-Mathura, the former department employee accusing Adams of assaulting her over three decades ago, had requested records and documents to disprove claims by Adams that the pair never worked together. City attorneys told ex-NYPD official Lorna Beach-Mathura, who is suing Mayor Eric Adams for sexual assault, that Hurricane Sandy wiped out Adams' personnel records in 2012. Paul Martinka 'All physical personnel records and employment folders maintained for Defendant Adams were destroyed when the Kingsland Avenue warehouse suffered extensive damage from flooding during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012,' city attorney Maxwell Leighton wrote of the Greenpoint storage facility back in May. The letter, filed Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, came nearly a year after Beach-Mathura's legal team first made the discovery request. Her lawyers called the latest excuse 'disingenuous' and 'a transparent attempt to delay and frustrate the discovery process.' 'The timing and substance of this disclosure are highly suspect, surfacing only now after more than a year of requests for these records and nearly two years into litigation,' attorney Siobhan Klassen wrote to city lawyers in response. Beach-Mathura, who worked for the department over three decades ago, has requested records to prove she worked with Mayor Adams when the alleged assault occurred. Goddard Law Klassen also demanded that the city produce 'detailed' chain of custody records to prove that 'Adams' files were stored in the affected location and irretrievably lost due to flood damage.' The letters, first reported by The Daily News, note that the city has not even produced requested electronic records on claims that the request was 'overbroad.' In a letter to Judge Richard G. Latin, Megan Goddard — another of Beach-Mathura's lawyers — accuses Adams and the city of 'willful obstruction' and that they're unable to 'comply voluntarily.' Goddard requested Latin to order a sworn statement regarding the alleged destruction. Beach-Mathura sued Adams for $5 million in 2023 over claims that he demanded she perform oral sex on him, and that he masturbated and ejaculated on her when she refused. Adams' private lawyer, Alex Spiro, made similar claims of discovery deficiencies against Beach-Mathura last year.
Business Upturn
10-07-2025
- Business
- Business Upturn
PureVoltage Hosting Increases New York City Footprint with Major Telehouse / KDDI Expansion
Staten Island, NY, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PureVoltage Hosting, a premier provider of high-performance infrastructure and enterprise-grade hosting solutions, is proud to announce a major expansion of its presence at the Telehouse facility located at 7 Teleport Drive in Staten Island, New York. This move continues to solidify PureVoltage as the largest client operating at 7 Teleport and marks a continued commitment to delivering scalable, resilient, and cutting-edge infrastructure services to customers worldwide. Significant Capacity Expansion and Power Investment PureVoltage's latest expansion includes the addition of multiple private suites and dedicated offices within the 7 Teleport campus. The new deployment brings an additional 96 secure private-locking racks and 500kW (half a megawatt) of power to its infrastructure portfolio, enabling the company to support a broader range of enterprise, cloud, colocation and AI workloads with unparalleled reliability and flexibility. 'Our expansion with Telehouse has been instrumental in helping us deliver consistently exceptional service,' said Jake Terepocki, CEO of PureVoltage. 'This expansion reflects our long-term vision and dedication to offering reliable infrastructure for our customers' mission-critical operations.' With over 12 years of uninterrupted service at the Telehouse facility, PureVoltage has built a legacy of resilience. Even during catastrophic events such as Hurricane Sandy, PureVoltage remained fully online without any power-related downtime, a testament to both its robust infrastructure and Telehouse's Tier III-certified environment. The expansion further strengthens PureVoltage's network capabilities. As part of this deployment, PureVoltage has increased its connectivity to the New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX), now boasting over 800Gbps of capacity. This ensures ultra-low latency and lightning-fast routing to major carriers, ISPs, and global networks. Robust Features and Custom Solutions Customers hosted at PureVoltage's NYC facility can benefit from: Private cages and enterprise suites tailored to specific needs AI-ready infrastructure with high-density power and rapid provisioning DDoS protection and 24/7 proactive network monitoring Carrier-neutral bandwidth and direct access to major Tier 1 providers Modular, burstable power configurations Flexible SLAs, fast turnaround, and full equipment lifecycle management Compliance-ready environments (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA support) Remote hands, secure access control, and fully staffed operations Whether clients are deploying AI training clusters, fintech workloads, or high-availability applications, PureVoltage's infrastructure is designed to scale seamlessly. A Vision for Scalable, Global Infrastructure As PureVoltage continues to expand across key markets including New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle, Tampa and Chicago, its relationship with Telehouse remains a cornerstone for future growth. The Staten Island facility offers proximity to Manhattan with the elevation, security, and uptime enterprises need to thrive in a digital-first economy. PureVoltage's expansion underscores its mission: Our mission is to provide dependable, scalable, and cost-efficient solutions, customized to meet the unique needs of our customers. We provide enterprise-grade hosting services designed to be robust, reliable, and prepared for future demands, particularly those associated with emerging AI and data centric workloads. About Telehouse / KDDI Telehouse, a global data center and colocation provider, is a subsidiary of KDDI Corporation one of Japan's largest telecommunications companies. Operating over 45 data centers worldwide, Telehouse offers carrier-neutral colocation services, cloud interconnection, and a robust ecosystem of ISPs and service providers. The 7 Teleport Staten Island campus is a strategic, highly resilient Tier III-certified data center known for its elevated geographic location, disaster resilience, and record of long-term uptime. As part of the KDDI Corporation, Telehouse brings both global scale and localized technical excellence to support enterprise digital transformation. About PureVoltage PureVoltage Hosting is a leading infrastructure provider specializing in Dedicated Servers, Bare Metal, Colocation, and scalable Cloud VPS solutions (BOLT). Built with a focus on performance, availability, and transparency, PureVoltage supports businesses of all sizes, from growing startups to large-scale global deployments. With a national presence across New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Chicago, PureVoltage delivers: AI-optimized infrastructure for training and inference workloads Engineering-first support with real humans available 24/7 Transparent pricing and fast hardware provisioning Custom solutions for SaaS, gaming, finance, hosting resellers, and more From powering the latest AI innovations to ensuring mission-critical workloads stay online, PureVoltage offers future-proof hosting that scales with your ambitions. Learn more at: Press inquiries PureVoltage Hosting PureVoltage Media Relations [email protected]
Time Out
07-07-2025
- Business
- Time Out
These NYC neighborhoods have seen home prices double in the past decade
Think your rent's gone up? Try buying a home in one of these 24 New York City neighborhoods, where sale prices have more than doubled over the past decade. According to a new PropertyShark report, median home prices in select neighborhoods across all five boroughs soared between 2014 and 2024—and in some areas, they didn't just rise, they rocketed. Leading the pack is Manhattan's Two Bridges, where home prices skyrocketed a jaw-dropping 288-percent, jumping from $423,000 to a staggering $1.64 million. Blame (or credit) the glassy behemoth that is One Manhattan Square and its luxury siblings, which have redefined the neighborhood despite local pushback and fears of overdevelopment. But Manhattan didn't monopolize the boom. Across the East River, formerly flood-ravaged areas like Red Hook and Breezy Point saw massive gains, thanks in part to climate resiliency investments (and what some experts dub 'climate gentrification'). Breezy Point's median sale price rose 192-percent to $725,000, while Red Hook's more than doubled to a jaw-dropping $1.975 million. Yes, the neighborhood once infamous for Hurricane Sandy's wrath is now one of the priciest on the list. Queens also made waves with Hamilton Beach (up 172-percent to $462,000) and Long Island City (up 132-percent to $667,000), the latter of which has turned into a glass-and-steel playground for professionals who prefer skyline views and quick commutes to Midtown. Meanwhile, Brooklyn's Gowanus, once home to more toxic sludge than townhouses, has become a poster child for gentrification and rezoning. Property taxes there jumped from $800 in 2014 to over $6,500 in 2024 and median sale prices more than doubled. The trend isn't just about luxe towers and Whole Foods openings. Staten Island's Clifton and Midland Beach, the Bronx's Parkchester and the Queens neighborhoods of Hollis and Rochdale also made the list, showing signs of so-called "pre-gentrification" as new transit, remote work and rezoning breathe new life (and price tags) into historically overlooked areas.
Mint
13-06-2025
- Science
- Mint
Big Waves and High Tides Can Be Just as Insidious as Hurricanes
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- A couple of days before Christmas last year, battered by heavy waves, the end of the half-mile-long Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf unexpectedly tumbled into Monterey Bay. A tourist magnet claiming to be the longest fully wooden structure of its kind in the Western hemisphere, the wharf was open for business when the collapse happened, forcing visitors and workers to evacuate. Two engineers and a project manager at the wharf's terminus fell in the water but escaped serious injury. Some heavy construction equipment and a large public restroom weren't so lucky. The collapse, triggered by waves that may have been up to 30 feet high, came just a year after another winter storm had damaged the same section of pier (a storm that came one year after another winter storm hit Monterey Bay). The construction equipment and workers were there to help with repairs. For much of the past decade, Santa Cruz had planned wharf upgrades that included a 'landmark' building on the section that fell in the drink. Now even the idea of simply restoring the missing part of the wharf, a $14 million project, is up for debate. Santa Cruz isn't alone. Cities on every coast face hard, expensive decisions about rebuilding damaged neighborhoods and piers, relocating scenic roads, train lines and other infrastructure and otherwise battling waters that are becoming higher and more destructive as the planet gets hotter. When we talk about climate-fueled ocean disasters, we usually talk about either powerful hurricanes or the slow but steady rise of ocean levels as polar ice melts. But the more mundane effects of a warming planet are just as insidious, and they're already here, tossing us and our bathrooms into the ocean and demanding a response before we're ready. 'Most states and countries are trying to project sea-level rise. Meanwhile, large waves and high tides are already beating up the shoreline,' Gary Griggs, a professor of earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told me. He recently published a paper in the Journal of Marine Science and Engineering pointing out that, while current sea-level rise of 4 millimeters a year — about the width of two nickels — is a slow-motion disaster, we're not prepared for the faster catastrophes happening now. 'Twenty-eight-foot waves and 7-foot tides overpower everything just like a Hurricane Sandy.' Though waves don't get nearly as much attention as sea-level rise, studies suggest they're growing bigger and more powerful as a result of climate change. The idea is that a warmer sea surface generates faster winds, which in turn drive higher waves that also produce more energy. A 2019 study by a UC Santa Cruz associate professor, Borja Reguero, and others used satellite data and modeling to suggest waves had grown 0.47% more powerful each year (or about 1 megawatt per meter per year) between 1948 and 2008 and then 2.3% each year between 1994 and 2017. Two separate studies last year in the journal Applied Energy found similar results. A fun thing to know about waves is that they create tiny earthquakes every time they slam into shore. A 2023 study by Peter Bromirski, a researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, used decades of seismic data from the California coast to show that waves have become taller since global heating started accelerating in the 1970s. The 8 to 9 inches the oceans have risen since 1880 may not sound much scarier than those two nickels' worth of annual increase. That's barely enough to splash your calves at the beach. But the rate of increase has accelerated since roughly the early 1990s; about half of all sea-level rise has occurred since 1993. Maybe not coincidentally, the growth in wave power accelerated around the same time. Higher seas are a force multiplier for those bigger waves. They also make high tides higher and more destructive, boosting the risk of 'sunny day flooding' on many coasts. High-tide flooding has increased by more than 400% on the southeast Atlantic coast and 1,100% on the Gulf Coast since 2000, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. More than 900 critical infrastructure assets in the US, including schools, public housing, power plants, fire stations, hospitals and more, were at risk of flooding at least twice a year in 2020, according to a study last year by the Union of Concerned Scientists. That could rise 20% by the end of the decade. Hundreds of thousands of coastal homes, meanwhile, are at increasing risk of chronic flooding, according to an earlier UCS study, helping fuel our national insurance crisis. Once upon a time, Griggs told me, you could chalk up the most damaging California storms to El Niño events, which raise Pacific water levels. But El Niño was only in place during the 2023-24 storm season. The storms one year before and after that formed under supposedly calmer La Niña conditions. Climate change may make El Niños stronger or more frequent; the jury is still out. But you don't need an El Niño to get a destructive surf. All you need is a little sea-level rise, bigger waves and a high tide. Those factors also make hurricanes more destructive, as happened with Hurricane Sandy, which hit during a full moon that made tides higher. Even if all fossil fuels were miraculously raptured out of existence overnight, thus cutting off the primary source of the greenhouse gases heating up the atmosphere, their effects on the ocean would linger. As it stands, we're on course for all of these factors to worsen in the decades to come. They're already bad enough, and the example of the Santa Cruz Wharf shows we're not ready. President Donald Trump isn't helping by cutting off billions in Federal Emergency Management Agency (RIP) grants to harden homes, buildings and infrastructure against natural disasters. He has even frozen funding from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, part of a law signed in 2018 by the overly woke … President Trump. Perhaps Trump has what Griggs terms 'disaster amnesia,' the affliction gripping many people who rush to rebuild after disasters without considering the possibility of another one. Or who open an already-surf-damaged wharf to people during another pounding surf. Amnesia is less likely when the disasters happen year after year. Hopefully they might even foster something like foresight. That's our best hope at making them much less costly. More From Bloomberg Opinion: This column reflects the personal views of the author and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners. Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal. More stories like this are available on
