At its January 27, 2026 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution asking the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to amend the Class SC rule to maintain the previous dissolved oxygen standard of no less than 4.0 mg/L that had been in place under the Class I… Read more »
Posts By: Eric McClure
Minutes of the January 6, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee
Attendees CAG Members: Hildegaard Link, Louis Kleinman, Katia Kelly, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Lisa Bowstead, Erica Eliason, Jason Schwartzman, Alexandra Dadourian, Joseph Alexiou, Susan Yung, Peter Reich, Andrea Parker, Margaret Maugenest & Steve Marcus Guests: Aaron Kaufman & Irene Baker Agenda Items Discussed 1) Follow up discussion regarding NYSDEC’s TCE Plume Study near St. Mary Star of… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, January 27, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our January 2026 General Meeting, on Tuesday, January 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81431345410?pwd=drb4lhEv7H8OQJ4xQ7j60aZuv3tzci.1 Meeting ID: 814 3134 5410Passcode: 052446 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 »
Minutes of the January 5, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Edmund Diegel, Michael Killian, Peter Reich Guests: Irene Baker (National Grid), Aaron Kaufman (Gowanus Remediation Team) 1. Michael explored the NYC Municipal Archives (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/?pg=2&s=gowanus+canal) and some of the photos show up in his Instagram account “Gowanus_Archeology” (there is an underline in there!). Eymund provided to the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC) a bunch of material… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, January 27, 6:30 p.m.
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 »
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 »