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Malliotakis Announces $48 Million for Staten Island Dredging Project

October 26, 2022

(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced that the Empire State Development Corporation will be awarded a $48,008,231 federal grant to fund a dredging project in Staten Island's Arthur Kill Terminal to make way for an offshore wind staging and assembly facility. The funds were secured through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, both of which Malliotakis voted for.

Malliotakis has previously written letters of support requesting that federal dollars be used for Arthur Kill Terminal and introduced the OWNER Act, legislation that would establish an offshore wind revenue-sharing model between the federal government and states adjacent to offshore wind farms.

"Arthur Kill Terminal is the only offshore wind port in our state capable of supporting an operation of this scale, and I'm proud to have played a role in pushing for and securing federal dollars for this project," Malliotakis said. "As someone who supports clean energy and our abundant traditional resources, it's critically important that we ramp up all types of domestic energy production to protect our nation's national security and provide affordable energy to American families. Not only will this project pave the way for wind farms that will generate power for almost two million homes in New York and New Jersey, but it will also create hundreds of good-paying union jobs, and inject an estimated $410 million into our local economy during construction, and upon completion will create thousands more jobs and generate $750 million for our economy."

This grant is being awarded under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) which provides funding for projects that improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port. Specifically, these funds will be used to dredge approximately 740,000 cubic yards to create a thirty-five-foot-deep ship basin to support further development of an offshore wind staging and assembly facility. The staging and assembly facility will contain 32 acres of upland area, a 1,365-foot-long wharf with an adjacent laydown area that has enhanced load-bearing capacity, and two “program” areas (a tenant area consisting of a 15,266-square-foot combined warehouse and office building and a project owner’s area consisting of a 4,200-square-foot office building).  

Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis is a member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) where she sits on the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Malliotakis is the only member from New York City serving on the T&I Committee.

Issues: Congress Economy