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New York Harbor will be experiencing planned closures on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Because of this, Governors Island ferry service may be impacted between 12:30-1:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm on February 7. Times are subject to change; click here or follow us on Twitter for updates.

Public Presentations

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island pro­vides pre­sen­ta­tions to update the pub­lic on the Island’s pub­lic sea­son, open space, arts and cul­ture, and ongo­ing development.

Doc­u­ments below are in PDF for­mat and require Adobe Read­er to view.

Decem­ber 8, 2021Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Sep­tem­ber 21, 2021Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
July 26, 2021Pre­sen­ta­tion to the City Plan­ning Com­mis­sion on the Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions RFEIPre­sen­ta­tion
June 23, 2021Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
June 21, 2021Gov­er­nors Island Sea­son Update to Brook­lyn CB2Pre­sen­ta­tion
June 15, 2021Gov­er­nors Island Sea­son Update to Man­hat­tan CB1Pre­sen­ta­tion
April 5, 2021Pre­sen­ta­tion to the New York City Coun­cil Sub­com­mit­tee on Zon­ing and FranchisesPre­sen­ta­tion
Feb­ru­ary 3, 2021Gov­er­nors Island Plan­ning & Zon­ing Pre­sen­ta­tion to the City Plan­ning CommissionPre­sen­ta­tion
Jan­u­ary 26, 2021Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Jan­u­ary 20, 2021Pre­sen­ta­tion to Man­hat­tan Bor­ough Pres­i­dent Pan­el Dis­cus­sion and Pub­lic HearingPre­sen­ta­tion
Novem­ber 9, 2020Pre­sen­ta­tion to Man­hat­tan Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1 Land Use, Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment & Zon­ing CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
Novem­ber 2, 2020Spe­cial Gov­er­nors Island Pre­sen­ta­tion to Man­hat­tan CB1Pre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 15, 2020South Island Rezon­ing Update to Man­hat­tan CB1 Land Use, Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment & Zon­ing CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 5, 2020“Vision for Gov­er­nors Island’s Con­tin­ued Growth” spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tion to the NYC City Plan­ning CommissionPre­sen­ta­tion
Sep­tem­ber 30, 2020Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Sep­tem­ber 14, 2020Gov­er­nors Island Update Pre­sen­ta­tion to Man­hat­tan CB1 Land Use, Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment & Zon­ing CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
Jan­u­ary 29, 2020President’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Decem­ber 9, 2019City Coun­cil Over­sight Hear­ing, Com­mit­tee on Resilien­cy and Water­fronts and Com­mit­tee on Parks and RecreationPre­sen­ta­tion
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Octo­ber 4, 2019President’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Sep­tem­ber 17, 2019Man­hat­tan CB1 Water­front, Parks and Cul­tur­al CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
March 27, 2019President’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Jan­u­ary 22, 2019President’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 19, 2018The Future of Gov­er­nors Island, Arch­to­ber 2018Pre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 16, 2018President’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Sep­tem­ber 13, 2018Man­hat­tan Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1 Land Use, Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment & Zon­ing CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
June 19, 2018President’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
March 29, 2018President’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Feb­ru­ary 12, 2018Man­hat­tan Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1 Land Use, Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment & Zon­ing CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
Jan­u­ary 16, 2018Update to Man­hat­tan Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1 Water­front, Parks & Resilien­cy CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
Decem­ber 15, 2017Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
June 20, 2017Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
March 30, 2017Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
March 15, 2016Pres­i­den­t’s Report to the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Jan­u­ary 21, 2016The Sto­ry of the Hills, Report to the Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Decem­ber 3, 2015The Mod­el of Gov­er­nors Island in New York: Quarti­er des Spec­ta­cles MontréalPre­sen­ta­tion
Novem­ber 19, 2015Uni­ver­si­ty Cir­cle Inc. Com­mu­ni­ty Annu­al MeetingPre­sen­ta­tion
Novem­ber 18, 2015Uni­ver­si­ty Cir­cle Inc. Denizen’s DinnerPre­sen­ta­tion
Novem­ber 4, 2015Update to Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1’s FiDi CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 20, 2015Cre­at­ing Val­ue and Appeal — Putting Pub­lic and Cul­ture First: World Cul­tures Sym­po­sium, ShanghaiPre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 19, 2015New Mod­els of Pub­lic Cul­tur­al Man­age­ment and Deliv­ery: World Cul­ture Sym­po­sium, ShanghaiPre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 15, 2015A Look to the Future: Pres­i­den­t’s Report to Trust Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
Octo­ber 14, 2015City Coun­cil HearingPre­sen­ta­tion
Sep­tem­ber 30, 2015Strate­gic Man­age­ment of Non­prof­it Orga­ni­za­tions: YalePre­sen­ta­tion
Sep­tem­ber 29, 2015Out­side In — Arts Orga­ni­za­tions and the Chang­ing Cul­tur­al Audi­ence: Stan­ford UniversityPre­sen­ta­tion
June 18, 2015Knight Cities Chal­lenge: Rad­i­cal Open­ness PanelPre­sen­ta­tion
June 10, 2015Acti­vat­ing Pub­lic Space with Cul­ture: The New Cities Foun­da­tion SummitPre­sen­ta­tion
June 9, 2015Cre­at­ing Shared Pub­lic Spaces for Art and Play: The New Cities Foun­da­tion SummitPre­sen­ta­tion
May 12, 2015Pres­i­den­t’s Report to Trust Board of DirectorsPre­sen­ta­tion
May 6, 2015Update to Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1’s FiDi CommitteePre­sen­ta­tion
Apr 13, 2015Start­ing with Yes: a pre­sen­ta­tion to the Greater and Green­er ConferencePre­sen­ta­tion
Feb 28, 2015A Pre­sen­ta­tion to the Glob­al Cul­tur­al Dis­tricts NetworkPre­sen­ta­tion
Feb 23, 2015Eat, Play, Cre­ate: The Sto­ry of Gov­er­nors Island, a pre­sen­ta­tion to TedX BroadwayPre­sen­ta­tion
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