04/09/2020THE BIG U: NYC COMMUNITY SPACES AS BARRIERS FOR FLOODINGArchDaily: In 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the eastern coastline of the United States and caused a level of flooding and dest…
04/02/2020CUOMO, LAWMAKERS INCLUDE $3 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND IN STATE BUDGETAlbany Times Union Blog: Voters in New York will decide later this year if the state should borrow $3 billion to spend on various environmen…
04/02/2020BOND ACT PASSES NYS LEGISLATURERebuild by Design has been working with a coalition of leaders representing various interests to alert the State of the growing need to conf…
04/01/2020BOND ACT INCLUDES VOLUNTARY BUYOUTS, GREEN BUILDINGS AND WATER INFRASTRUCTUREPolitico: An agreement between lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a $3 billion bond act includes some broad categories for the use of the fu…
04/01/2020NEW YORK LAWMAKERS PASS HISTORIC $3 BILLION ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT AS PART OF 2020-2021 STATE BUDGETCoalition of 100+ Organizations Supported Historic Commitment to Clean Water and Flood Reduction for ALBANY, NY …
03/25/2020WHAT A CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY COULD LOOK LIKEGrist: Michael Berkowitz is a student of disaster, and a guru on how cities weather them. As the former executive director of the nonpr…
03/18/2020INTO THE WILDFrom warming huts for one of the world’s coldest cities to leisure-led flood defence systems, these CLAD Features: Last January, the temp…
03/13/2020ACCELERATING ADAPTATION PRACTICEOver the last 10 years, 60 out of 62 counties in New York State were impacted by severe storms and flooding, tropical storms, or hurricanes.…
03/11/2020ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT LOBBY DAYJoin us in Albany New York to Lobby the New York State Legislature for the 2020 Environmental Bond Act that will restore ecology and lower r…
03/11/2020PUBLIC MEETING FOR MEADOWLANDS PROJECT – JOIN REMOTELYJoin the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at a Rebuild by Design Meadowlands Public Meeting to discuss project improv…
02/27/2020NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY GO IT ALONE ON RESILIENCY IN WAKE OF ARMY CORPS DECISIONPolitico: With the Trump administration pulling funding for a comprehensive resiliency study in New Jersey and New York, local governments a…
02/25/2020HOBOKEN GETS BOOST FOR PARK THAT WILL ALSO HOLD FLOODWATERSUS News: Hoboken, one of the areas in New Jersey hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, is making progress toward completing a larg…