09/01/2022THE BATTERY COASTAL RESILIENCE 10-YEAR UPDATEThe Battery Coastal Resilience project will rebuild and elevate the wharf promenade in The Battery by approximately six feet to protect it f…
09/01/2022BROOKLYN BRIDGE MONTGOMERY COASTAL RESILIENCE (BMCR) 10-YEAR UPDATEIn the Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge Montgomery Coastal Resilience (BMCR) project will install a combination of…
09/01/2022EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY 10-YEAR UPDATEThe East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project will reduce coastal flood risk on Manhattan’s East Side through an integrated 2.4-mile syste…
09/01/2022THE BIG U 10-YEAR UPDATEThe vision for the BIG U that began with the Rebuild by Design competition has given way to the planning, design, and implementation of vari…
09/01/2022NEW MEADOWLANDS 10-YEAR UPDATEThe Meadowlands project builds off the New Meadowlands vision to address a low-lying 5,000 acre area on the Hackensack River that encompasse…
09/01/2022RESIST, DELAY, STORE, DISCHARGE HUDSON RIVER PROJECT 10-YEAR UPDATEThe Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project will address flood-prone areas in Hoboken, Weehawken, and Jersey City against storm surge, flash …
09/01/2022HUNTS POINT 10-YEAR UPDATEIn May 2020, the Economic Development Corporation released the Hunts Point Resiliency Feasibility Study, a culmination of the work undertake…
09/01/2022RESILIENT BRIDGEPORT 10-YEAR UPDATEResilient Bridgeport is comprised of two pilot projects - Rebuild by Design (RBD) and Flood Risk Reduction Project (FRRP) - focused on prote…
09/01/2022LIVING WITH THE BAY 10-YEAR UPDATE“Living With The Bay is helping to advance New York State’s goal of adapting to the effects of climate change equitably on a grassroots leve…
09/01/2022LIVING BREAKWATERS 10-YEAR UPDATELiving Breakwaters, a layered, nature-based approach to enhancing the physical, ecological, and social resilience of the low-lying community…
08/30/2022Army Corps prefers small flood gates to large storm surge barriersNY1: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers quietly announced earlier this month that it favors a plan to build several small flood gates at the m…
07/13/2022Make NYC a sponge: Report calls for green infrastructure to protect from extreme rainfallSI Advance: When the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled through New York City, Staten Island saw levels of rainfall not witnessed in recent …