What is Port Ambrose? It?s a marine facility for off-loading LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) proposed for construction off the New York shore. Two buoys (example shown at left) would be tethered to the ocean floor and connect ships to a proposed undersea pipeline that would deliver into existing gas infrastructure on Long Island. Not only would dredging for the pipeline create an environmental harm, potentially releasing a now-settled layer of toxins that had been dumped on the ocean floor decades ago; the tethers would continually scrape the ocean floor, preventing the marine ecosystem in that area from recovering.

The Committee on Environmental Protection jointly with the Committee on Waterfronts will hold a hearing on Resolution 549 calling on Governor Cuomo to veto Port Ambrose. The hearing will begin at 1:00 pm. There will be a rally on the steps of City Hall starting 12:00 noon.

We would encourage you all to attend as well as testify at the hearing. Please put your thoughts down on paper and practice it once or twice to make sure your testimony is not longer than 3 minutes. Please bring 20 copies of your testimony to the hearing. Even if you don’t plan to testify, we would encourage you to attend the hearing to show support. We understand that people from the industry have been invited to testify. So it would be crucial to have lots of ordinary citizens at the hearing to show that we oppose Port Ambrose and let your council members know that this is an important issue to you.

Once the hearing is held, in order for this Resolution 549 to be voted and passed by the full City Council, we will need at least 35 City Council members to sponsor this resolution. Please click on Res 549 to see the list of sponsors, currently at 19.

Please click here to find a Full List of NYC Council Members by Boroughs and call or email those council members who have not yet signed on, especially if your City Council Member is among them. We would very much appreciate your help.