02/23/2025Latest Lower Manhattan resiliency project to guard against climate change nearing completionAMNY: The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCRP) in Lower Manhattan is completing its final touches just in time for the summer…
02/21/2025Trump wants to cut more disaster recovery funding. Nearly every Congressional district has recently needed the moneyFast Company: It’s a move that threatens the entire country—and some Republican-led districts more so. Every single state has had at least o…
02/19/2025The Future of New York (If We Want It)Join us on Thursday, February 27th for an evening of readings, conversation and activations around the future we want for our city. Rebuild…
02/19/2025Atlas of Accountability: County-Level Federal Disaster Declarations (2011-2024)Between 2011 and 2024, 99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather, a…
02/15/2025Blowing up FEMA could be its own disasterNewsday: The broader picture: New York had the second-highest disaster assistance by state at $1,326 per capita, behind Louisiana, according…
02/13/2025Mobilizing for Vermont’s Extreme WeatherJoin legislators, partners, and community members for an in-person conversation about funding climate infrastructure in VT and take part in …
02/11/2025Can Donald Trump abolish FEMA?Newsweek: States led by Republican governors or represented by two Republican senators tend to experience more disasters and receive slightl…
02/10/2025Gov. DeSantis supports President Trump’s pledge to overhaul how FEMA operatesFox 13 News: A map produced by "Rebuild by Design," a non-profit at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge, shows that 93% of U.S. counties ha…
02/10/2025Why eliminating FEMA would be a disaster for LINewsday: President Donald Trump wants to revamp the Federal Emergency Management Agency or possibly get rid of it as he recently suggested.…
02/05/2025Building Climate Resilience: The Latest in New JerseyFebruary’s speaker event features New Jersey’s Chief Resilience Officer, Nick Angarone, discussing NJDEP’s latest efforts to help communitie…
02/03/2025Who gets more disaster aid? Republican states. Experts explain that and more about FEMAAssociated Press: Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency Manag…
01/28/2025In Vermont, a Push to Prevent Flooding or Get Out of the WayYale e360: Vermont’s Washington County, which contains Plainfield and Montpelier, the state capital, ranked third in the nation in total dis…