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 …
07/12/2022City’s latest plan to face down flooding: Inflatable dams, sandbags to at-risk homesNY1: Darinko Mrvica and his family have lived in his well-manicured brick home in Whitestone, Queens, for 40 years. The basement floods abou…
07/09/2022City Releases ‘Band-Aid’ Plan for Coping With Heavy RainfallCity Limits: The Adams administration released a plan Thursday to address heavy rainfall in the immediate lead-up to and aftermath of an ext…