about

John Cunniffe, RA is an award winning architect with 18 years of experience. He found architecture at an early age through study with an art teach and sculptor during his high school years. He graduated from New York Institute of Technology, School of Art and Architecture and later went on to teach their core architectural design curriculum for 3 years. While teaching John worked for award winning architectural firms from Eastern Long Island to lower Manhattan. This coincided with the production of several public urban planning and architectural competitions and invited design studies while with a think tank group the Brooklyn Architects Collective. Their work published in JAE, Metropolis, and Architectural Record accompanied exhibitions at the National Gallery, Grand Central Station and The Store Front for Art and Architecture.

Immediately after being licensed in 2005 John set out to develop his own practice JDC Architects, PC and has held his practice in Stony Brook, NY. Stony Brook's regional location allows him to live and practice locally in a community rich in architectural history, forest, shoreline and estuaries along the Long Island Sound, while easily accessing Eastern Long Island and Manhattan.

WHO WE ARE

The Setauket Harbor Task Force is a volunteer organization which works for clean water and healthy harbors.

It was founded in 2014 by local Setauket residents who love the harbor and want to protect and preserve it.

OUR ACTION AGENDA

Setauket Harbor Task Force is focused on improving water quality, encouraging public access and recreational use of the harbor, and protection of marine habitat and ecosystem resiliency.

We are dedicated to creating community awareness and support for our local harbors and bays as well as enhancing enjoyment and appreciation of our natural and cultural treasure.

Clean water: monitoring water quality and protecting our waters from contamination and harmful practices
Protecting marine life: supporting initiatives that foster marine life such as finfish, shellfish, and horseshoe crabs
Habitat restoration: advocating for protecting and restoring coastal marshes; planting native vegetation to stabilize marshes, shoreline, and bluffs
Recreational use: promoting water-related recreational activities such as boating and creating blueway paddling trails for exploring our waterways
Maritime cultural awareness: celebrating and promoting our area’s historical maritime roots
Stewardship: being a voice for the upkeep and maintenance of our public dock and parkland.

HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

The Setauket Harbor Task Force protects and preserves Setauket Harbor, Port Jefferson Harbor, and Conscience Bay using a variety of means including:

Legislative and government agency advocacy
Coalition building and grassroots organizing
Speaking out on issues that threaten the Long Island Sound and its harbors and bays
Promoting green infrastructure to clean up our harbors and bays
Promoting environmental awareness of the importance of harbors and bays and ways of improving our relationship to them

about

WHO WE ARE

The Setauket Harbor Task Force is a volunteer organization which works for clean water and healthy harbors.

It was founded in 2014 by local Setauket residents who love the harbor and want to protect and preserve it.

OUR ACTION AGENDA

Setauket Harbor Task Force is focused on improving water quality, encouraging public access and recreational use of the harbor, and protection of marine habitat and ecosystem resiliency.

We are dedicated to creating community awareness and support for our local harbors and bays as well as enhancing enjoyment and appreciation of our natural and cultural treasure.

Clean water: monitoring water quality and protecting our waters from contamination and harmful practices

Protecting marine life: supporting initiatives that foster marine life such as finfish, shellfish, and horseshoe crabs

Habitat restoration: advocating for protecting and restoring coastal marshes; planting native vegetation to stabilize marshes, shoreline, and bluffs

Recreational use: promoting water-related recreational activities such as boating and creating blueway paddling trails for exploring our waterways

Maritime cultural awareness: celebrating and promoting our area’s historical maritime roots

Stewardship: being a voice for the upkeep and maintenance of our public dock and parkland.

HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

The Setauket Harbor Task Force protects and preserves Setauket Harbor, Port Jefferson Harbor, and Conscience Bay using a variety of means including:

Legislative and government agency advocacy

Coalition building and grassroots organizing

Speaking out on issues that threaten the Long Island Sound and its harbors and bays

Promoting green infrastructure to clean up our harbors and bays

Promoting environmental awareness of the importance of harbors and bays and ways of improving our relationship to them

Setauket Harbor Task force