12/16/2019COMMUNITY BOARD 1 – THE HISTORY OF THE BIG UAmy Chester, Managing Director of Rebuild by Design will present the history of the Hurricane Sandy Design Competition and the original visi…
12/13/2019BEHIND SCHEDULE?The Hudson Reporter: A project that aims to protect Hoboken from flooding caused by storm surges like Hurricane Sandy may miss its fund…
12/12/2019NJ DEP & CITY OF HOBOKEN HOLD MEETING ON HUDSON RIVER PROJECTThe NJDEP and the City of Hoboken invites residents to a public meeting on the $230M Rebuild by Design project December 12, 2019 124 G…
12/09/2019CALL FOR A RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO ADDRESS FLOODING IN NEW YORK STATE-----Press Release----- In the past 10 years, every county in New York State was impacted by major flooding; more than half were aff…
11/20/2019Climate Action by DesignHenk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands; Sherpa to the UN/WB High Level Panel on Water “We …
11/18/2019COMMUNITY BOARD 1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMITTEE FORUMCB 1’s Environmental Protection Committee will hold a discussion on Lower Manhattan’s resiliency plans Monday, November 18, 2019with spea…
11/15/2019NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL APPROVES CONTROVERSIAL EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLANThe Architect: The New York City Council voted to approve the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project yesterday…
11/15/2019LYCABETTUS HILL AND OMONIA SQUARE RECEIVING MAJOR UPGRADES TO ATTRACT MORE VISITORSGreek City News: Athens’ Lycabettus Hill, an iconic landmark on the Athens landscape, and Omonia Square in the city centre are undergoi…
11/15/2019COMMENTARY: INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SAVE THE STATE FROM STORMSTimes Union: Every one of New York's 62 counties over the past decade have experienced a flooding disaster. Flooding has ravaged urban,…
11/15/2019CITY COUNCIL VOTES IN FAVOR OF EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCYAMNY: Despite strong opposition by area residents, the City Council on Thursday greenlighted a $1.45 billion proposal to raise the elev…
11/14/2019OPINION: EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PLAN MUST MOVE FORWARDCity Limits: Climate change is not a nebulous future threat. It landed on our shores violently and mercilessly seven years ago as Super…
11/14/2019EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN PASSES CITY COUNCIL, BUT LEGAL CHALLENGE LOOMSCurbed: A $1.45 billion effort to transform Manhattan’s east side with flood protections overwhelmingly passed the City Council Thursda…