05/06/2020SYDNEY BUSINESS CHAMBER FORUM SERIES – RESILIENCE AND BUILDING BACK BETTERJoin the Sydney Business Chamber for a discussion on Resilience and Building Back Better with Amy Chester from Rebuild by Design and others:…
05/04/2020TIME TO HARNESS THE WISDOM OF CROWDS: DE BLASIO AND CUOMO SHOULD ASK REGULAR NEW YORKERSNew York Daily News: Last week, both Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo appointed task-forces and sector advisory councils&n…
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…