Crains New York: Staten Island was among the hardest-hit areas of the city during the 2012 storm, causing $16 worth of damage and lost economic opportunity in the borough alone. In 2021 New York kicked off the $111 million Living Breakwaters project to build jettylike structures to weaken waves before they crash ashore. The stone […]
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Vermont Daily Chronicle: “With a population of 648,000 people, Vermont has historically relied on federal dollars for disaster response funding that state and local taxes alone can’t produce,” the Daily Yonder reported. “Between 2011-2024, rural counties in Vermont had among the greatest occurrences of federally-declared extreme weather disasters in the country, per a Daily Yonder
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NBC Philadelphia: “Anything that was in the planning process, any projects that were being implemented are paused until further notice,” Hana Katz with Rebuild by Design said. “If we were to have a disaster now, especially to the extent of Sandy and the government were to be shut down, we would have a completely disjointed
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Daily Yonder: Between 2011-2024, rural counties in Vermont had among the greatest occurrences of federally-declared extreme weather disasters in the country, per a Daily Yonder analysis of data from Atlas of Accountability, a disaster-mapping project of New York University’s Rebuild by Design initiative. Now, uncertainty at the federal level has prompted Campany and others around
Bronx: Invest in heat and flood mitigation redevelopment of local open spaces like Pulaski Park which are among the city’s most vulnerable, according to a Rebuild By Design report. Nearly half of Bronx parks are in flood risk zones and South Bronx residents are among the city’s most susceptible to Urban Heat Island impacts.
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Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Los Angeles, California Category: Plan Year: 2021 Funding: Most recently, the project was allocated $28 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support restoration efforts. BACKGROUND Along the Los Angeles River, urban development and historical neglect have caused habitat loss and increased flood risks. Led by the City of Los
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