NYC residents can probably tell whose hog is slaughtered, and whose pig is suckled.
Posted on 10/05/2025 8:36:21 AM PDT by texas booster
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) today announced the selection of Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling to remove the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center (VCBC) to take apart the barge and use its materials to help build new things. VCBC is a decommissioned five-story jail barge in Hunts Point. The company—which has substantial experience dismantling and recycling large barges and U.S. Navy vessels—will tug the barge away from the Hunts Point peninsula to their facility in Gibson, Louisiana, where they will dismantle the vessel for resale of its recovered metals to steel mills and other metal foundries. The City will receive $1.5 million in compensation in addition to significant value of removal and transportation of the barge out of New York. Removal of the jail barge is expected to occur later this Fall.
“From clearing out an old prison barge to creating a new marine terminal, our administration is turning the page on Hunts Point and creating a cleaner, brighter future for the Bronx. With this new terminal, we’ll unload cargo from all across the world for delivery throughout the city and put even more New Yorkers to work in vibrant industries,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “But we’re not stopping at Hunts Point. We are proud to be leading ambitious projects like this one all across our waterfront as we create a ‘Harbor of the Future’ and set our city up for success in the decades to come.”
“In June of this year the Adams administration announced our intention to remove the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center from Hunts Point and today that process advances one step further,” said Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce Adolfo Carrión, Jr. “I am excited to have a partner in the process of decommissioning this barge and I look forward to the site of removing this vessel later this year so that we can realize the full potential of this site as an asset for the Bronx and all of its residents.”
The removal of the jail barge will clear the waterfront site for remediation of Con Edison historic manufactured gas contamination and development of a new Hunts Point Marine Terminal, which will receive shipping containers and process their cargo onto additional barges and ferries for last-mile deliveries throughout New York City. This new marine terminal—which will create an estimated 400 construction jobs, 100 permanent jobs, and $3.9 billion in economic impact over the next 30 years—would serve as a key connection point between ports up and down the East Coast, including the Brooklyn Marine Terminal and other “Blue Highways” nodes in New York City. It would also remove an estimated 9,000 monthly truck trips from city streets and reduce congestion. While the site goes through a two-year land remediation process to remediate historic pollution on the site, scheduled for completion in 2027, EDC will invest $28.3 million in state of good repairs to the shoreline at the VCBC site and DSNY’s South Bronx Marine Transfer Terminal, as well as investments in an expansion of local greenways.
“Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling is proud to partner with the City of New York on this historic project," said Matt Rongey, COO of Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling. "The Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center barge was originally built in Louisiana at the Avondale Shipyards, so it’s especially meaningful for our team to be entrusted with its safe removal and recycling. By dismantling and responsibly recycling the barge, we’re ensuring that its metal will be repurposed into new, U.S.-built projects — supporting sustainability, reducing environmental impact, and creating long-term value for communities across the country."
NYC residents can probably tell whose hog is slaughtered, and whose pig is suckled.
How could the city save on hotel costs?
I saw this on gCaptain and went looking for other sources. I did not know that cities even had jail barges!
Actually, this housing would certainly save the city on hotel costs for illegals.
But the renting of entire hotels for immigrants was never about saving money, but paying off friends.
This seems rather shortsighted on the part of NYC. Mamdani will need that jail barge to imprison infidels once he becomes mayor.
LOL...doesn't he know what the next mayor is going to do to NYC? Snake says "It sure as hell isn't 'success.'"
Benton Harbor, Michigan, has its own tethered bargesaurus. Only it makes money as a hotel/casino.
SEEMS TO BE VERY USEFUL-—A FLOATING ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ???
All other considerations aside, it’s amazing to me that they’re going to tow that behemoth all the way to Louisiana to dismantle it
No “real workers” are left inside the NYC city limits able to weld, burn, grind and lift metal. Nor lift it. Rig it. Move it and truck it elsewhere. Much less dispose of the paint and grit and physical debris and contaminated coming out of the barge.
/EPA.
NY obviously has no criminals in jails, since they are all on the streets, so this jail is not needed!
Brooklyn Navy Yard is no more.
But they could tow it to the Washington Navy Yard, in DC.
Do ocean going ships travel up the East River or through Long Island Sound to the Bronx ?
Turn around and sell it to the Feds to house illegal detainees.
It looks mostly unrestricted, and with depths of 24' to 40' it should handle most small to medium ships.
However the "East River" is actually a tidal estuary with strong currents (witness the Mexican sailing ship) between the Long Island Sound and the Upper New York Bay. The link provides complete navigation charts if you want them.
Great minds think alike. Buy it for scrap price. Anchor it off of friendly Florida.
They wanted to make a park out of it...kinda a neat idea.
https://www.bargebooster.org/about
I remember seeing this while I lived in NYC thinking wow that’s genius put a prison on a ship...but take it offshore so if they escape they have to swim in freezing waters miles to shore aka you jump you die.
“Benton Harbor, Michigan, has its own tethered bargesaurus. Only it makes money as a hotel/casino.”
Shreveport Louisiana has three barge casino’s one is triple level big.
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