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News 12: A new study suggests that nine New Jersey cities will be almost entirely underwater and uninhabitable by the end of the 21st Century. The study was conducted by Delaware-based financial firm 24/7 Wall Street. The company’s study named 35 American cities that are at risk of becoming uninhabitable due to flooding and climate change. […]

NY Times: In New York City, it’s often easy to think that ocean conservation is an issue for someplace else — tropical islands, coral reefs, the Gulf of Mexico, the Arctic. But New York City is an archipelago, a reality that can be obscured by the concrete jungle. The five boroughs — four of them on islands

The Patch: Want to weigh in on the East River Park resiliency project? Have a specific question? Various meetings and hearings are scheduled in the coming weeks as the project, called the East Side Coastal Resiliency project, goes through the public review process called the uniform land use review procedure. The de Blasio administration has been planning a

The Patch: The Parks Department is planning some $28 million in upgrades to various parks and playgrounds amid the ongoing public review of the city’s proposed coastal flooding and sea level rise protection project that also requires closing the East River Park for 3.5 years, the department said. The upgrades include a variety of improvements —

National Association of Parks and Recreation Magazine: Read about Rebuild’s plan for a equitable East River Park Conservency authored by Carter Strickland, Amy Chester and James Lima.