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Gothamist: After millions of dollars and countless hours spent fielding input from Lower East Side and East Village residents, the city now plans to abandon a long-in-the-works redesign of East River Park. Instead, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced via a press release in September, the city will literally raise the park, burying much of the current infrastructure under […]

Politico: City officials admitted on Wednesday they failed to effectively communicate to residents the changes wrought by a last-minute overhaul of the city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency project — a multiyear project that will reshape part of Lower Manhattan to prepare for future flooding. “Did we communicate the change properly? No, and that’s on me

WNYC: With rising sea levels, parts of Manhattan are at increased risk of severe flooding, like we saw with Sandy in 2013. One form of protection could be a barrier along East River Park. But the de Blasio administration has upended a consensus about how the rebuilt park should look, by proposing its own remedy last September. “How could they

Arch Paper: Manhattan’s East River Park, home to sprawling fields, winding bike paths, and a landscaped promenade, was badly damaged when Hurricane Sandy tore through the city in 2012 and the Lower East Side flooded. Since then, New York City officials have been brainstorming ideas to protect the park, along with the remainder of Lower Manhattan, from rising seas. The city’s latest

NYTimes: The crowd at the recent meeting of Community Board 3 was agitated. Vaylateeba Jones, a 50-year Lower East Side resident and board official, was especially vocal. “The way this planning is being done is disempowering,” she said. “City officials collaborated with us over four years and came up with a detailed design — only

Grist: Check out how Grist’s explains Hoboken’s “Resist, Store, Delay, Discharge” project in “Inside a City Redesigned for Climate Change” using sponges and legos to demonstrate the comprehensive plan. WATCH HERE>>