10/30/2025Atlas of Accountability: County-Level Federal Disaster Declarations (2011-2024)Between 2011 and 2024, 99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather, a…
10/29/202513 years after Sandy, city reshapes its waterfrontCrains New York: Staten Island was among the hardest-hit areas of the city during the 2012 storm, causing $16 worth of damage and lost econo…
10/29/2025Vermont’s lost FEMA fundingVermont Daily Chronicle: “With a population of 648,000 people, Vermont has historically relied on federal dollars for disaster response fund…
10/28/2025FEMA Funding at Risk for Vermont’s Rural Communities After Trump Denies Disaster Declaration RequestDaily Yonder: Between 2011-2024, rural counties in Vermont had among the greatest occurrences of federally-declared extreme weather disaster…
10/20/2025NJ Speaker Series: Under 30 and Over It!Join Rebuild by Design for our New Jersey event series, offering an in-depth look at the updated findings from the NJ Atlas of Disaster, alo…
10/14/2025After All That, the New East River Park Is…Fucking AwesomeHellgate NYC: As the park nears the finish line of a five-year-long, $1.45 billion climate resiliency makeover designed to protect the coast…
09/28/202510 Cities in New Jersey That Handle Extreme Weather the BestNews Break: Hoboken, sitting on the Hudson River’s edge, has long faced challenges from flooding, especially during heavy rains and hurrican…
09/12/2025Storm WarningHighlands Current: In the wake of Sandy, the state held a competition called Rebuild by Design that is now an initiative based at New York U…
09/08/2025N.J. poll finds 77% of voters worried about extreme weather damageNJ: The poll, which was conducted in partnership with Rebuild by Design and the Environmental Defense Fund, shows broad support across party…
09/08/2025FDU Poll Finds 3 in 4 NJ Voters Worried About Damage from Extreme WeatherFDU: With devastating floods becoming more common in New Jersey, three-quarters of voters (77 percent) now say that they are concerned about…
09/08/2025New Jersey Stands to Support 26,000+ Jobs through $3 Billion Climate Resilience Bond, Backed by Overwhelming Public SupportSeventy-six percent of New Jersey residents support a $3 billion public bond for climate resilience infrastructure, according to a poll rele…
09/08/2025FIDI SEAPORT OPEN HOUSE SEPT 15 – SEPT 28The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Plan will protect NYC from climate change while enhancing the waterfront to include ne…