Judy Huynh

6sqft: After over a decade of effort, a coastal resilience project designed to protect Staten Island shores with livable habitats for sea creatures is complete. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday announced the completion of Living Breakwaters, an $111 million project creating 2,400 feet of breakwaters to safeguard homes and businesses in Tottenville from future extreme […]

New York State: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of Living Breakwaters, an innovative $111 million project designed to improve coastal resilience by decreasing the impact of storm waves and erosion along the coast of Staten Island.

Bis Now: There are simply fewer places today that don’t face some risk from hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, winter storms or other natural disasters.  “It’s not just the coastal areas, Florida and coastal Texas, Louisiana, California,” Lombardo said, pointing to a report from the nonprofit Rebuild by Design that found that 90% of U.S. counties experienced a severe

Insurance Rate Reporter: Rebuild by Design, a research project from New York University (NYU), recently published the Atlas of Accountability interactive map. The atlas is available online, allowing users to search an address or select a county to see how many federal disasters have hit that area from 2011 to 2023. They can also view

The Xylom: Although Georgia has seen the lowest number of major disaster declarations over the last decade among the Southeastern states, data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense. The state saw more than twice as many severe storms in 2023 than any other

Vermont Biz: We’ll begin with an interactive briefing on Rebuild by Design’s Atlas of Accountability, a new virtual tool that allows users to identify past federal disaster declarations and recovery funding for climate-driven events county-by-county. This interactive map is designed to help local leaders and policymakers understand their exposure to extreme weather disasters and the