In my role as project manager and planner at AKRF, I have had the privilege of working on the environmental reviews of some of the city's most transformative projects—from those that have changed the skyline, such as the Bank of America tower at One Bryant Park, the Hearst Tower, and the Goldman Sachs building in Battery Park City, to those that are resulting in the development of entirely new neighborhoods, such as the Hunters Point South project in Long Island City, Queens. Most recently, I worked on the EIS for the Cornell NYC Tech project, a new engineering and applied sciences campus to be constructed on Roosevelt Island that promises to be a stimulus for the City's economy, integrating academics and industry and spurring entrepreneurship. I approach each project with the same goal: to manage the environmental review process, ensuring timely approval, allowing the project to be moved toward completion with minimal interruption to my clients.
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Merritt Environmental Consulting Corp. (MECC) was established in June of 2009 after being part of a larger engineering firm for almost 20 years. The focus of the company is to assist lending institutions, attorneys, real estate investors, and property owners with environmental concerns. Today, MECC has offices in New York, Florida, and Vermont and has grown into a regional consulting firm serving clients along the East Coast.
Many attorneys operating within the construction space are familiar with the provisions of New York Lien Law, which allow for the discharge of a Mechanic’s Lien in the event the lienor does not commence an action to enforce following the service of a “Section 59 Demand”.