S.I. Live – If you’ve noticed some cranes and rock structures in the waters off the Tottenville coast, you’ve been looking at a multi-million dollar environmental project designed improve Staten Island’s storm resiliency as well as create habitats for marine life. The cranes, excavators and stone structures are part of the “Living Breakwaters” project, a $107 […]
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Launched by the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ), the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the NYC Mayor’s Office of Housing Recovery Operations, Rebuild by Design, and One Architecture & Urbanism, the
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Fiorella Grioni is the main point of contact of Rebuild by Design in Puerto Rico, providing technical assistance to projects focused in community based organizations. Through her experience on federally funded programs, project management and key stakeholder relationship, she will focus to assist and provide guidance on strategy and community engagement. Previously, Fiorella worked as
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New York Times: The city of Hoboken, N.J., once a marshy outcropping that the Lenape inhabited only seasonally, hugs the Hudson River. Three-quarters of it occupies a flood plain. It is, in other words, a water magnet. Some scientists have forecast that, with rising seas, a big chunk of Hoboken will be Atlantis by 2100. But for
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Scientific American: More than half of the 2.6 million residents in the Miami area will experience “climate gentrification” and pressure to relocate if sea levels rise by 40 inches, according to a study published Monday. Rising oceans will push many coastal residents inland, where they will force an increase in housing costs that could displace
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October 2023 – Just two weeks after massive flooding in New York City closed schools, halted subways and left the City at a standstill, Rebuild by Design and Ramboll released “Blue-Green Infrastructure: A business case for New York City.” The report finds that for every $1 invested in a Blue-Green Infrastructure Network designed to the
THE CITY: Record rainfall soaked New York on Friday, disrupting public transportation and schools while flooding streets and homes as officials struggled to cope with the deluge — and Mayor Eric Adams fended off waves of criticism for his administration’s handling of the storm. Parents, environmentalists and regular commuters alike were steamed for not being given
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Construction Equipment Guide: Longtime northern New Jersey residents will likely never forget Superstorm Sandy’s brutal impact in the fall of 2012. Now, new projects in the Meadowlands and Hoboken areas aim to reduce the chances of any future storms causing so much flooding in the region. North Jersey’s flood protection plans took a key step
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