01/21/2026
Join us: How do we Build Climate Strong Communities?
Kicking off our series "Affordability and Climate in NYC," we’re discussing neighbor…
News & Events
01/08/2026
Severe weather hazards – like heavy rain, storms, and extreme heat – are impacting New York City with more frequency and intensity. Faith le…
01/05/2026
National Geographic: In response, the Obama administration tried a new approach. The Department of Housing and Urban Development held a comp…
12/23/2025
Metropolis Mag: ESCR’s Project Area 1, centered on East River Park, involves raising the waterfront park’s topography and is nested within t…
12/17/2025
The Bay State Banner: “Every single county in Massachusetts has suffered a major climate event from 2011 to 2024,” said Amy Chester, directo…
12/15/2025
ROCK 92.9: A report released by Rebuild by Design, an initiative of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, has tracked h…
12/11/2025
Boston Globe: Extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change in Massachusetts have cost US taxpayers
hundreds of millions of dollars, a…
12/08/2025
Economic Architecture Project: In this week’s episode, Amy Chester joins the Economic Architecture podcast to share her innovative work at R…
12/05/2025
Rolling Stone: The government has spent more than $3 billion on beach replenishment over the past four decades. But with worsening climate c…
11/26/2025
New Jersey Globe: Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill today named 433 members to a transition team Interdisciplinary Advisory Task Force described…
11/25/2025
CBS News: Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure: Amy Chester, Rebuild by Design. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamda…
11/25/2025
SI Live: Each committee will be overseen by one of the transition co-chairs: Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla, Maria Torres-Springer, and Melanie Ha…