04/07/2026Connecticut Weighs P/C Insurance Surcharge to Fund Local Infrastructure ResilienceInsurance Journal: Rebuild by Design, a group that works with localities on policies to address climate challenges, is an advocate of “lever…
04/06/2026Can Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?New Yorker: When Stratton first came to city hall, as an intern, in the summer of 2012, Hoboken had no reason to expect an infrastructure ov…
04/02/2026New York at Risk: 20% of the City Built on WaterUSA Herald: “It’s so obvious that investing in parks will save lives and livelihoods,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild By Design, who …
04/01/2026A Fifth of NYC Built on Bygone Water Now at Risk: Study Maps City’s ‘Blue Zones’The City: “It’s so obvious that investing in parks will save lives and livelihoods,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild By Design, who re…
03/25/2026When will NJ infrastructure be under water?Join us April 9 for a presentation on Rebuild’s latest report, NJ Underwater: Public Infrastructure at Risk, analyzing flood risk to nearly …
03/23/2026Can You Spare $10 Billion?E Broad Street: The February report went on to say, “the Lower Manhattan SPD would be the first to see its user fee activated. This SPD woul…
03/19/2026Flooded streets are signs of larger challengesBabylon Beacon: “When you look at repeated flooding in coastal places like Long Beach and Freeport,” Amy Chester, managing director of the c…
03/17/2026NYC is expensive. Will climate risk exacerbate costs?An Affordability and Climate in NYC Event…
03/17/2026In-Person | Dear Neighbor, Do You Know Your Flood Risk?Join us for "Dear Neighbor, Do You Know Your Flood Risk?," an event series where you’ll learn all about your flood risk and how to stay safe…
03/13/2026New York City Rebuilds a Waterfront Park to Hold Back Rising SeasBloomberg: The variable barrier system was proposed through Rebuild by Design, a 2013 competition won by a team led by the architecture firm…
03/04/2026FUNDING STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE RESILIENCECommunities across Massachusetts face escalating challenges from increasing weather events: more frequent flooding, extreme heat, rising sea…
03/03/2026How Communities and Banks Can Invest in Community-wide InfrastructureWhat's the Community Reinvestment Act and what's it got to do with extreme weather? Rebuild by Design’s latest project Leveraging CRA for…