Judy Huynh

New flood analysis finds 1 in 4 NJ public buildings in flood zones

Hudson Valley: Two new interactive tools show whether schools, hospitals, fire stations and other public buildings across New Jersey are at risk of flooding. A new analysis from ‘Rebuild by Design’ shows that one in four public buildings, including schools, hospitals and fire stations, are located in flood zones. By 2050, that figure is expected […]

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Rebuild by Design analysis: Nearly 41% of Jersey City public assets in flood zones

Hudson County View: Rebuild by Design has also launched a new interactive map webpage that allows New Jersey residents to enter their home or business address to see if the infrastructure they depend on is at risk of flooding. Entitled “NJ Underwater: Public Infrastructure at Risk,” the webpage includes two interactive tools that map flood

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Connecticut Weighs P/C Insurance Surcharge to Fund Local Infrastructure Resilience

Insurance Journal: Rebuild by Design, a group that works with localities on policies to address climate challenges, is an advocate of “leveraging” insurance to support infrastructure. “Insurance has long served as a risk transfer mechanism, allowing households to transfer the risk of losses to insurance companies in exchange for monthly payments, or premiums,” the group

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Can You Spare $10 Billion?

E Broad Street: The February report went on to say, “the Lower Manhattan SPD would be the first to see its user fee activated. This SPD would include the area protected by the series of resilience projects around southern part of the island [that] runs from the Lower East Side down the southern tip of

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