Judy Huynh

The City Reporter: Amy Chester, director of the nonprofit Rebuild by Design, which convenes Rainproof, said it wasn’t until later, when she got home and scrolled through social media, that it dawned on her how bad the storm was in certain neighborhoods.

CBS New York: CBS New York’s Tony Sadiku speaks with the group behind a new map tracking just how widespread the issue of flooding remains in the city 5 years after Hurricane Ida.

Gothamist: “Every neighborhood in New York City could flood,” said Amy Chester, director of the environmental policy organization Rebuild by Design, in a presentation last month.

Grist: The city pivoted its proposed flood adaptation project in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx to a cheaper project that will provide off-grid backup power to the area’s critical food depot, said Amy Chester, the director of Rebuild by Design, the organization that led the post-Sandy adaptation effort.

Patch: Recent research from Rebuild By Design found that approximately $20.6 billion in property value and $426.3 million in annual property taxes are at risk in Essex County by 2050, advocates said.

NY Times: The nonprofit Rebuild by Design offers an interactive flood map based on 311 data it has collected. The map invites New Yorkers to share their flooding stories, including video.

Yahoo News: By 2050, Rebuild by Design estimates that 184,000 Hudson County residents could be living in high flood zones. The same research found that 22.8% of properties in the county already carry high flood risk, with that share projected to rise to 31.7% by midcentury.

WAMC: A new report from the nonprofit Rebuild by Design projects that New York State will surpass half a trillion dollars in infrastructure spending over the next 24 years. Rebuild by Design was created after Hurricane Sandy to work with New York City agencies on flood-related protection initiatives.

Food & Water Watch: Recent research from Rebuild By Design found that in Hudson County, 22.8% of property has a high flood risk, a number that’s expected to increase to 31.7% by 2050, impacting 184,000 residents living in high flood zones.