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The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project is underway. LMCR aims to reduce flood risk due to coastal storms and sea level rise from Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood to Battery Park City. The city hosted the first of a series of public meetings to help shape the project’s priorities and learn more about this important project to reduce coastal […]

The Living with the Bay team is finalizing program elements through a series of half-day on-site workshops with government officials from all six municipalities. Team members and officials are working together to identify critical locations for stormwater management and greenway continuity. These workshops have allowed the team to begin design development for the entire program’s

The New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery ranked restoration of marshes along the South Bay at the top of 35 potential projects to be funded through Living with the Bay program. Funding will cover the construction of multiple prioritized projects along Mill River including one prioritized by residents, a riverfront greenway. The principal scoring

The first of several components in the Living with the Bay program has reached 90% design: improvements to restore Hempstead Lake State Park’s dam, spillway, and related infrastructure that will mitigate flooding in Mill River collecting excess water for temporary storage. The New York State Parks Department (Parks) will seek bids for dam stabilization and

The first Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) for the Living with the Bay Long Island project will be on Tuesday, May 24. The Governors Office of Storm Recovery will bring CAC members together to discuss the comprehensive coastal and social resiliency measures planned for the Mill River Watershed. The event will bring CAC members together for the first time

Funding and design took center stage at this month’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAG) for the Living with the Bay Project. The Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) announced the six finalists for implementation of the project’s social resilience dimension, which will address educational and recreational components, job training, and continuing education opportunities that tie to the

The kick-off meeting brought CAC members together to discuss the comprehensive coastal and social resiliency measures planned for the Mill River Watershed. CAC members represent a wide array of interests from bird watching and fishing, to history and biology. The original proposal that HUD funded two years ago was based in Bay Park and Rockville

Design and environmental review are advancing for stormwater management and resiliency interventions in the Mill River watershed. The Governor’s Office continues to work with the NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation to obtain the necessary federal permits for Hempstead Lake State Park, and with HUD and the United State Fish and Wildlife Service, EPA and

The New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) has refined the components of the Living with the Bay project through a series of outreach meetings and evaluation, to move it towards implementation. In its revised iteration, the project will increase community resilience by mitigating local risk from tidal and stormwater flooding, while incorporating environmental co-benefits such

The 5th Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) was held in late March where the Project Team presented a comprehensive overview of their Stormwater Resiliency Strategy; identified problem areas and the prioritization matrix that will be used to determine projects. Project partners also presented on the habitat analysis of birds, fish, and other wildlife they are conducting along