04/10/2025PTSD likely for people experiencing floodingQueens Chronicle: Amy Chester, director of the NYU program Rebuild by Design, then discussed the potential for green space to mitigate such …
04/08/2025New York Area Could Lose 80,000 Homes to Flooding in 15 YearsHabitat Mag: “The sooner we decide as a city to invest in resilience measures to help neighborhoods adapt — whether it’s to fortify or to mo…
04/07/2025In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to FloodingNew York Times: “The sooner we decide as a city to invest in resilience measures to help neighborhoods adapt — whether it’s to fortify or to…
04/07/2025FEMA Cuts More Than $300 Million in Disaster Prevention Aid to New YorkNY Times: Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, questioned the wisdom of the cuts, saying the grants were “critical to help us rebuild” after a litany of …
04/01/2025With Chai and Chappell Roan, Play Puts a Spotlight on Flood PreparednessThe City: Amy Chester, director of resiliency nonprofit Rebuild By Design, saw “Flood Sensor Aunty” in Astoria, Queens, in September and was…
03/31/2025Disaster as Trump’s energy policy totally disregards climate changeThe Hill: No part of the United States, red or blue, is exempt from weather disasters. Rebuild by Design, a disaster-mitigation think tank, …
03/28/2025Homeland Security Director’s FEMA closure proposal ignites debate in FloridaNews Break: Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, agrees with Castor’s concerns. She explains that transferring FEMA’s responsibilitie…
03/26/2025Homeland Security director’s plans to close FEMA spark debate among Florida leadersFox 13: Amy Chester, the director of the non-profit Rebuild by Design, has dealt with FEMA a lot over the years and said transferring its re…
03/18/2025New York City: The Big UGreen Builder Media: Rebuild by Design coupled innovation and global expertise with community insight to develop solutions to the most compl…
03/12/2025The Power IssueUrban Omnibus: The stories we share below, reported from the imaginations of climate adaptation expert Amy Chester, CUNY professor and activ…
02/26/2025There were never any climate havens: floods in the midwest, hurricanes in AppalachiaThe Guardian: Back in 2014, Alaska, the Pacific north-west and the midwest were identified in the New York Times as “places that will fare m…
02/24/2025Governor Beshear responds to possible loss of FEMAWKYT: In this map created by Rebuild by Design, a non-profit at New York University, you can see a high concentration of incidents in easter…