Judy Huynh

NY1: It’s become a regular occurrence here in New York City: A powerful rainstorm overwhelms the city’s infrastructure, causing flood damage and sometimes deaths — all because of an antiquated sewer system that was never designed to hold so much water at once. But what if the rainfall had somewhere else to go? “This water […]

Queens Chronicle: Amy Chester, director of the NYU program Rebuild by Design, then discussed the potential for green space to mitigate such flooding. She noted that drain systems like those in Southeast Queens cannot process rainfall quickly enough, resulting in floods. “You need places for the water to go until it can go to the

Habitat Mag: “The sooner we decide as a city to invest in resilience measures to help neighborhoods adapt — whether it’s to fortify or to move — the faster we avert leaving an even bigger crisis for the next generation,” says Amy Chester, the managing director of Rebuild by Design, a New York University-based nonprofit

New York Times: “The sooner we decide as a city to invest in resilience measures to help neighborhoods adapt — whether it’s to fortify or to move — the faster we avert leaving an even bigger crisis for the next generation,” said Amy Chester, the managing director of Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit that works

NY Times: Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, questioned the wisdom of the cuts, saying the grants were “critical to help us rebuild” after a litany of major weather disasters that had hit the state in recent years. “Cutting infrastructure funding for communities across New York is shortsighted and a massive risk to public safety,” Ms. Hochul

The City: Amy Chester, director of resiliency nonprofit Rebuild By Design, saw “Flood Sensor Aunty” in Astoria, Queens, in September and was impressed. She proceeded to award Sethi Unni a grant through the Rainproof NYC initiative, which sought to address the urban challenge of extreme rain. “Even though the characters are somewhat outrageous, they’re also

The Hill: No part of the United States, red or blue, is exempt from weather disasters. Rebuild by Design, a disaster-mitigation think tank, notes that climate-related disasters occurred in all of the nation’s congressional districts except two during 2011-2024. Over 95 percent of Americans live in counties that experienced one or more major disaster declarations

News Break: Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, agrees with Castor’s concerns. She explains that transferring FEMA’s responsibilities to the states would be complex and time-consuming. “It would be incredibly complex to solely rely on a state to respond,” Chester observed. Both sides emphasize the need for a responsive disaster agency. While some advocate

Fox 13: Amy Chester, the director of the non-profit Rebuild by Design, has dealt with FEMA a lot over the years and said transferring its responsibilities entirely to the states would be a complex process. “We are able to show that 90% of counties across the US and 99.5% of congressional districts have experienced a