The city registered a $35.76 million contract on October 13 for the Manhattan Greenway Harlem River project, according to NYC Comptroller's Checkbook NYC. The money flows from the Department of Small Business Services to the New York City Economic Development Corporation under a multiple-awards structure, PIN 13298MANHATTANGREENWAY.
This isn't a typical GC award. EDC is a quasi-public entity that manages capital projects on the city's behalf, so this registration is DSBS funding EDC's work on the greenway, not a construction firm winning a bid outright. The contract term runs from November 1, 2019 to December 31, 2028 — a nine-year window that tells you this is a phased build, not a single job with one pour date.
The record lists the award as Non-M/WBE and gives no subcontracting breakdown. For a contractor chasing greenway or waterfront work along the Harlem River, the entity to watch isn't DSBS — it's EDC, since that's who will be putting trade packages out as phases come up.
Checkbook NYC shows this as a new registration, not a new announcement — the greenway project itself has been in planning for years. What's new is the money landing on the books under this PIN, which usually means a phase is about to move from design to construction procurement.
Contractors working the Harlem River waterfront, from Highbridge to the Bronx side, should watch EDC's own solicitation channels rather than DSBS's for the actual trade bids tied to this registration.