CityFox Explains Superfund Rave While Assembly Member Demands Investigation of Pop-Up Parties

November 5, 2015 By Nicole Disser

the NuHart building, a Superfund site and the location for CityFox’s Halloween super rave that never was (Photo: Nicole Disser)

The official blowback in response to the Halloween-Superfund-rave-that-almost-was has begun. As promised, Assembly Member Joseph R. Lentol wrote a letter to the State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on behalf of his district strongly suggesting he “investigate the pop-up party industry in New York City.” Lentol asks that Schneiderman take a close look at CityFox, the party promoters responsible for the would-be rave, which the Assembly Member refers to as “a corporation extremely difficult to track.” More details about the rave have emerged, including a social media response from CityFox.

Tags: attorney general, attorney general eric schneiderman, cityfox, environment, environmentalism, Joseph R. Lentol, nag, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, new york state assembly, NuHart Building, NuHart Plastics, parties, party promoters, raves, Superfund Rave, Superfund Sites, toxic waste

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NuHart Building Co-Owner on the Superfund Rave: "I Panicked"

November 3, 2015 By amiltonnymag

The NuHart Plastics Building (Photo: Nicole Disser)

The massive Halloween rave shutdown by the Fire Department in Greenpoint over the weekend stole the show once again, this time at Monday evening’s Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) meeting about the oversight of hazardous waste cleanup at a former plastics manufacturing site in the neighborhood.
The building of interest, 280 Franklin Street (aka the NuHart Plastics building) is a Superfund site that was recently bought by a group of developers (DuPont Street Developers, LLC) hoping to turn it into a residential and retail site. Things got pretty, pretty weird at the meeting– to the point that Michael Roux, a geologist hired by the developers as an environmental consultant, fielded most of the questions about why on earth nearly 5,000 ravers were almost allowed to party on a Superfund site. At one point he slipped up, referring to the former plastics factory as a “venue.” The audience erupted back. “It’s not a venue!” one neighbor shouted. “It’s a toxic waste site!”
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Tags: city council, cityfox, DEC, department of buildings, DOB, Greenpoint, Michael Roux, nag, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, NuHart, NuHart Building, NuHart Plastics, parties, raves, stephen levin, superfund, superfund site, toxic waste