Urban Omnibus: The stories we share below, reported from the imaginations of climate adaptation expert Amy Chester, CUNY professor and activist Ashley Dawson, and engineer Amalia Cuadra, describe how the march towards an environmentally just city is possible, even if it will be harrowing. New Yorkers tolerate the city’s last gas building holdouts, fight to […]
The Guardian: Back in 2014, Alaska, the Pacific north-west and the midwest were identified in the New York Times as “places that will fare much better than others”. Since then, record hot weather, worst-in-world air quality and bomb cyclones have proven such predictions wrong. From 2011 to 2024, “99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least
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Major disasters are occurring at an alarming rate and Vermonters are calling for action. In response to the extreme weather events Vermont faced in 2023, Rebuild by Design released the “Atlas of Disaster: Vermont,” highlighting 25 federally declared disasters between 2011 and 2024 and advocating for long-term infrastructure funding. These disasters have required significant federal
According to the Kentucky Lantern, communities across the state are facing escalating challenges from rising temperatures, extreme storms, and frequent flooding. These threats put communities, infrastructure, and the economy at risk. Despite these mounting pressures, Kentucky lacks a comprehensive statewide adaptation plan, underscoring the urgent need for strategic, coordinated action to build resilience.
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WKYT: In this map created by Rebuild by Design, a non-profit at New York University, you can see a high concentration of incidents in eastern Kentucky since 2011. Areas like Magoffin, Breathitt, Perry, Johnson and Knott County. WKYT asked Governor Andy Beshear what it would mean to the Bluegrass State if FEMA were to be
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AMNY: The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCRP) in Lower Manhattan is completing its final touches just in time for the summer season. The $296 million project is part of the 3.5-mile-long Battery Park City Resiliency (BPCR) three-part master plan, which will protect Battery Park City and the inland area of Lower Manhattan from
Fast Company: It’s a move that threatens the entire country—and some Republican-led districts more so. Every single state has had at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather since 2011, according to Rebuild by Design, a project at the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University that focuses in part on
Newsday: The broader picture: New York had the second-highest disaster assistance by state at $1,326 per capita, behind Louisiana, according to analysis from Rebuild by Design, which was launched by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
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Newsweek: States led by Republican governors or represented by two Republican senators tend to experience more disasters and receive slightly more federal aid per person than those led by Democrats, according to a Newsweek analysis of data from Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit focused on disaster prevention.
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Fox 13 News: A map produced by “Rebuild by Design,” a non-profit at NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, shows that 93% of U.S. counties have had FEMA disasters declared since 2011, and that Florida has received $8.5 billion. Amy Chester of Rebuild by Design, says it would be extraordinarily complex to make disaster response purely
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