Katie Couric: “Trump has come out with his guns blazing against FEMA,” New York University’s Rebuild By Design director Amy Chester tells us. “But you don’t have to get rid of something a hundred percent to fix it.”
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Spectrum News TX: “FEMA is frontline aid for states across the country,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, a New York University-based nonprofit that has been helping communities adapt to climate change ever since Hurricane Sandy.
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The Hill: The nonpartisan organization Rebuild by Design notes that 40 states experienced 10 or more major disasters (those causing more than $1 billion in damages) from 2011 to 2024. During that period, every county in 28 states suffered at least one major weather disaster. Only two of America’s 435 congressional districts escaped big weather
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Times of San Diego: Rebuild by Design “put designers in the driver’s seat to come up with ideas as to how to protect Manhattan from the next superstorm,” Rost said. “We saw it as an opportunity not just to build a wall around Manhattan, which would be a huge undertaking,” but also to transform the
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The Cool Down: New York City has a new elevated waterfront park, and the first section just opened to the public 13 years after Hurricane Sandy flooded lower Manhattan, the Guardian reported. “This is a project that brings the community to the water,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, a New York-based nonprofit
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The Guardian: ‘The whole idea was to use the park as the “wall” that would protect the community behind it, but also give the community new access to a park they could enjoy,’ said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, a New York-based non-profit that worked with city and federal officials on the project.
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The City of Hoboken, through its Hurricane Sandy Rebuild by Design project reduced flooding by 88% by investing in green and gray infrastructure to capture and slow stormwater before it floods. Hoboken’s parks use a mix of interventions that can hold a combined 4.2 million gallons of heavy rain during a single event. Northwest Resiliency Park features underground pumps and
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EESI: After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, New Jersey received U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding for two adaptation projects: Rebuild by Design (RBD) – Hudson River and RBD – RBD – Hudson River received an initial $230 million. RBD – Hudson River includes six parks in Hoboken designed to retain and rebuff water.
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Patch: In a recent study conducted by Rebuild by Design (RBD), 1.3 million people in New Jersey live in high flood risk areas, with half of those being lower-income individuals who may lack the resources to evacuate. An additional $277.7 billion in property value and $3.2 billion in annual tax revenue are also under threat
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