Please join us for our first monthly general meeting of 2026 on Tuesday, January 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., via Zoom video conference. We’ll post the Zoom link and a full draft agenda a few days prior to the date of the meeting. Please check back here. All Gowanus CAG meetings are open… Read more »
Posts By: Eric McClure
Minutes of the December 9, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee
Attendees: CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Katia Kelly, Jason Schwartzman, Susan Yung, Erica Eliason, Alexandra Dadourian, Peter Reich, Mark Yarish, Lisa Bowstead and Steve Marcus Guests: Aaron Kaufman & Irene Baker Agenda Items Discussed: 1) Follow up discussion regarding NYS DEC’s TCE Plume Study near St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, which took place during… Read more »
Early January 2026 Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
Two Gowanus Canal CAG meetings are scheduled for the first week of January. Please join us via Zoom for either or both! Archaeology & Historic Preservation CommitteeMonday, January 5, 6:00 p.m.Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9808972869?omn=85029255507Meeting ID: 980 897 2869 Water Quality & Technical CommitteeMonday, January 5, 7:00 p.m.Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87196633276Meeting ID: 871 9663 3276
Minutes of the December 1, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality & Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Corinne Brenner, Erica Eliason, Katia Kelly, Louis Kleinman, Emily Mitchell, Jason Schwartzman, Susan Yung Housekeeping: 1. Victoria is looking for any map/image that shows where the legal sewage outfalls are located. Joan followed up. Will follow up again. 2. Suggested we FOIL NYC Topographical about the status of the streets abutting Power House. De-mapped… Read more »
Minutes of the December 1, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Katia Kelly, Peter Reich, Jason Schwartzman, Susan Yung Guests: Irene Baker (National Grid), Aaron Kaufman (Gowanus Remediation Team) 1. Michael was not present but we know that he did explore the NYC Municipal Archives because some of the photos showed up in his Instagram account “Gowanus_Archeology” (there is an underline in there!). Joan… Read more »
Missed our December 2025 General Meeting? You can find a recording here.
If you were unable to join us via Zoom for our December 2nd general meeting, you can access a video recording of the meeting here. For a recording of our October 28th general meeting, please click here. For recordings of our June, July and September 2025 meetings, please click here. And for video of most… Read more »
Minutes of the November 11, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee
Attendees CAG Members: Louis Kleinman, LInda LaViolette, Andrea Parker, Jason Schwartzman, Erica Eliason, Joan Rodriguez, Peter Reich, Katia Kelly, Mark Yarish, Lisa Bowstead, Susan Yung & Steve Marcus Guests: Aaron Kaufman, Irene Baker & Joe Ann Brown Agenda Items Discussed 1) Follow up discussion regarding NYS DEC’s areawide TCE Plume Study near St. Mary Star… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, December 2, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our December 2025 General Meeting, on Tuesday, December 2, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82117420200?pwd=aaKE0S3wFau5nW4BikXhB2kTAdjkI2.1 Meeting ID: 821 1742 0200Passcode: 117248 DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:45 – 7:15 p.m.: EPA… Read more »
Missed our October 2025 General Meeting? You can view a video recording here.
If you were unable to join us via Zoom for our October 28th general meeting, you can access a video recording of the meeting here. For recordings of our June, July and September 2025 meetings, please click here. And for video of most of our meetings from April 2020 to April 2025, please visit our… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, October 28, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our October 2025 General Meeting, on Tuesday, October 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89790946274?pwd=6reqtnctBJOwza7PPoYSB9Q0pwEhs6.1 Meeting ID: 897 9094 6274Passcode: 515451 DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.: EPA… Read more »