24 Jan 2025

Iconic Army Corps Regulator Retires After 45 Years of Service

Bart De Martino, a Regulatory Project Manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District Operations Division, Regulatory Branch, Metro NY/NJ Section, has retired after 45 years of service to the District.

24 Oct 2022

$61 Million Renovation Helps Train Army’s Future Leaders

As Silas Bowman walks through the Camp Buckner cadet barracks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he’s reminded of his years at West Point. “As a major and a lieutenant colonel in the Army, I trained cadets here.”

22 Apr 2022

Army Corps Maintenance Dredge Newark Bay the Main Artery of the NY&NJ Harbor

Since the early 1960s, the Newark Bay has been vital to the economic engine which is the New York and New Jersey Harbor, the third largest harbor in the United States. It is home to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the largest container shipping facility in the New York and New Jersey Harbor.

1 Apr 2022

Commanding General Inspects Army Corps Projects at USMA West Point

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Milhorn, Army Corps of Engineers’ Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations in Washington D.C., traveled to New York for a full day of site inspections at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY, where the New York District has a variety of construction projects in progress.

3 Jan 2022

Army Corps Railhead Improvements to Facilitate Deployments at Fort Drum

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, will soon begin work on a $27 million project to modernize and expand railway-loading facilities for the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in northern New York. Last fall, a contract was awarded to Structural Associates, Inc., of East Syracuse, New York.

29 Jan 2021

USACE fulfills a tall order

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District uses the latest demolition technology to remove an old stack at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to make the area safe for the community.

8 Jan 2021

Army Safeguards Iconic Times Square Recruiting Station

Each year for the past 30 years, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District personnel ensure the Times Square Recruiting Station an iconic symbol of U.S. Armed Forces recruitment in the heart of New York City and one of the oldest in the U.S. is protected from people gathering there for holiday celebrations. (While COVID-19 precluded crowds for the annual ‘ball drop’ from the Times Tower skyscraper marking the new year, hundreds of thousands of people pass through the area daily.

11 Dec 2020

Army Corps of Engineers to begin construction of Cyber Engineering & Academic Center at U.S. Military Academy, West Point

On December 11, 2020, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point for its new future-focused Cyber & Engineering Academic Center.

12 Nov 2020

Army Corps of Engineers project revitalizes economy of New Jersey’s largest city

The Army Corps of Engineers in collaboration with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the City of Newark are performing a project at Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area.

9 Oct 2020

U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Visits New York District

Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, Chief of Engineers, visited New York District October 5-6 and observed the District’s civil works projects and facilities.

5 Oct 2020

Army Corps of Engineers Honored by Waterfront Alliance as ‘Heroes of the Harbor’

Army Corps honored by the Waterfront Alliance for its work and achievements.

12 Sep 2020

Army Corps of Engineers New York District heralds the arrival of the largest container ship to Call in the Port

The CMA/CGM BRAZIL arrived at the Port of New York and New Jersey, Sept. 12. The arrival of the CMA/CGM Brazil was made possible as a result of the Harbor Deepening Project — a multi-year effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District and The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

14 May 2019

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers restores a portion of East Rockaway Shoreline in time for hurricane season

Dredged material was beneficially used to restore section of heavily eroded shore to provide additional coastal storm risk reduction and increase resiliency.

22 Mar 2019

USACE Commanding General visits New York District, presents Caven Point employee with prestigious award

Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, Chief of Engineers visited New York District and reviewed current projects, thanked District employees, and presented a prestigious award.

21 Dec 2018

Experience, teamwork Aide Emergency Response to Pacific Ocean Super Typhoon

Several members of the Army Corps’ New York District’s Critical Public Facilities Team deployed to the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean in support of FEMA.

21 Dec 2018

Army Corps Builds Combination of Features to Withstand Force of Atlantic

Work continues on the District’s Fire Island to Moriches Inlet (FIMI) coastal-storm risk reduction project on Fire Island in Suffolk County repairing a 19-mile stretch of coastline from erosion and damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The $281 million project includes placing seven million cubic yards of sand, demolishing nearly 50 structures, installing more than 40 vehicle and pedestrian crossovers for beach access, building several miles of dunes with plantings, and relocating a water line. FIMI is 100 percent funded through the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (PL 113-2) repairing damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

5 Oct 2018

Army Corps and partners celebrate ‘Estuary Day’

Army Corps New York District participates in Estuary Day.

4 Oct 2018

Army Corps of Engineers, Chief of Engineer's Environmental Advisory Board meeting held in NYC

Chief of Engineer's Environmental Advisory Board meeting held in NYC

24 Apr 2018

Army Corps Celebrates Diversity Day

Over 150 New York District employees assembled in the Weiss Federal Building in Manhattan in April and celebrated Diversity Day, an EEO-sponsored cultural event organized by an event committee designed to showcase the ethnic diversity of New York District.

24 Nov 2015

USACE and China Water Resource Minister and Delegation Discuss Coastal Restoration

USACE senior leaders meet with China Ministry of Water Resources and Delegation.