{"id":303888,"date":"2025-10-03T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/nycedc-announced-who-will-dismantle-hunts-point-floating-jail\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:50:54","slug":"nycedc-announced-who-will-dismantle-hunts-point-floating-jail","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/nycedc-announced-who-will-dismantle-hunts-point-floating-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"NYCEDC announced who will dismantle Hunts Point floating jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) announced Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling<\/strong> will be in charge of removing the former Hunts Point floating jail<\/strong>. The announcement goes hand-in-hand with Mayor Eric Adams’ pledge to remove a correctional facility considered a stigma to the community<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

The end of a “Symbol of Failure”.<\/h2>\n\n

The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center<\/strong>, also known as “The Boat,” was a five-story, 800-bed floating prison that operated from 1992 until its decommissioning in 2023. It was originally built to relieve overcrowding in the city’s prisons, but over the years became a “symbol of everything bad that is built and located in the Bronx,”<\/strong> as Mayor Adams described it. <\/p>\n\n

In addition, in its later years, the facility was criticized for its conditions, including small and rusty dormitories, and for tragic incidents that occurred inside.<\/p>\n\n

What is the role of Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling?<\/h2>\n\n

Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling, was selected for this project because of its specialized equipment and expertise in marine dismantling<\/a><\/strong>. The company will tow the floating prison from the Bronx to its facility in Gibson, Louisiana, where it will be disassembled, selling the \n recovered metal<\/a>\n<\/strong> to steel mills and foundries for reuse. <\/p>\n\n

In return, the City of New York will receive $1.5 million<\/strong> for the barge, plus the value of its removal and transportation. The removal of the Vermon C. Brain barge will allow for the initiation of a two-year remediation process that will pave the way for the development of the future Hunts Point Marine Terminal<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

Community perspectives<\/h2>\n\n

The announcement was positively<\/strong> received by local leaders<\/strong>, who see it as an opportunity to right historic wrongs and bet on a more prosperous and cleaner future for the South Bronx. In addition, the Hunts Point Marine Terminal development process will involve the cleanup of land contaminated by waste<\/strong>, create approximately 500 jobs<\/strong>, and reduce truck traffic throughout the city through the use of cargo barges. <\/p>\n\n

Source: NYCEDC<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The announcement and the removal of the floating prison are part of a larger strategy to create a marine terminal for the Bronx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":303854,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13048],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-303888","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-maritime"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/303888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/303888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=303888"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=303888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}