Judy Huynh

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 […]

New Yorker: When Stratton first came to city hall, as an intern, in the summer of 2012, Hoboken had no reason to expect an infrastructure overhaul. Then Sandy hit, and the Obama Administration launched Rebuild by Design, a competition that offered roughly a billion dollars in federal money, with more expected from state and local

USA Herald: “It’s so obvious that investing in parks will save lives and livelihoods,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild By Design, who reviewed the study. Her organization previously found that a majority of city parks are vulnerable to flooding.

The City: “It’s so obvious that investing in parks will save lives and livelihoods,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild By Design, who reviewed the Blue Zones paper. Her organization last year released an analysis showing a majority of city parks will be at risk of flooding.

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

Babylon Beacon: “When you look at repeated flooding in coastal places like Long Beach and Freeport,” Amy Chester, managing director of the climate resilience nonprofit Rebuild by Design, said, “a huge part of the vulnerability comes down to how these neighborhoods were originally built, where houses went, how high they were built and what infrastructure

Bloomberg: The variable barrier system was proposed through Rebuild by Design, a 2013 competition won by a team led by the architecture firm BIG/Bjarke Ingels Group. ESCR is just one phase of a larger vision called the Big U: 10 miles of shoreline fortifications proposed to run down the East River, wrap the southern tip

NBC Connecticut: It’s from Rebuild by Design, an organization that began after Hurricane Sandy, originally as a design competition to improve response, preparedness, and resilience.

Charleston Gazette-Mail: The new “Atlas of Disaster: West Virginia” report by Rebuild by Design reveals troubling trends: West Virginia had 23 federally declared disasters between 2011 and 2024, costing taxpayers more than $950 million in FEMA and HUD assistance. All 55 counties have been affected.

WV Explorer: A new analysis by Rebuild by Design underscores that concern. Its report, Atlas of Disaster: West Virginia, documents 23 federally declared disasters between 2011 and 2024, all of which required federal assistance.