11/14/2019CITY COUNCIL APPROVES $1.5B PROJECT TO ‘WEATHER-PROOF’ LOWER MANHATTANNew York Post: There won’t be any cows floating away from downtown Manhattan if Mayor Bill de Blasio signs off on this just-passed plan. …
11/13/2019HOW LOWER EAST SIDE COASTAL PLAN BRACES FOR CLIMATE CHANGEThe City: A transformational plan to fortify the Lower East Side waterfront against rising seas is poised to sail through a key vote th…
11/13/2019HOBOKEN GETS $1.8 MILLION FOR OPEN SPACEHudson Reporter: Hudson County and the State of New Jersey awarded Hoboken more than $1.8 million in grant funding for open space…
11/13/2019CLIMATE CHANGE GROWING PAINS ARE REAL BUT NECESSARY:Daily News: by Amy Chester and Tom Wright You only have to glance at the latest daily headlines or refresh your social media feed to…
11/13/2019$1.45 BILLION PLAN TO ELEVATE EAST RIVER PARK ADVANCES, DESPITE SOME LOCAL OPPOSITIONGothamist: The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project—the $1.45 billion plan to protect downtown Manhattan's east side against globa…
11/12/2019PLAN TO BUILD FLOOD BARRIERS ALONG EAST RIVER IN MANHATTAN MOVES FORWARDWCBS 880: A New York City Council subcommittee has approved a plan to build flood barriers along two and half miles of East River Park …
11/08/2019NO COASTAL FLOODING PROTECTIONS IN STORE FOR CITY’S LARGEST FOOD HUBThe City: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, the de Blasio administration has no plans for coastal flooding defense measures to protec…
11/07/2019SEAPORT SECTION REMAINS BIG QUESTION MARK IN NYC’S FLOOD CONTROL PLANSCity Limits: Stand along the East River waterfront in the Financial District, and it quickly becomes how big a task City Hall has set f…
11/05/2019CITY TO LAUNCH ADVISORY GROUP FOR LES RESILIENCY PLAN FOLLOWING CRITICISMCrains: Mayor Bill de Blasio will create an advisory group to answer concerns about his administration's billion-dollar …
10/29/2019SEVEN YEARS AFTER SANDY, HOW CITIES ARE PREPARING FOR FUTURE STORMSTrust for Public Land: Hurricane Sandy roared over the New York City metro area seven years ago this week. Few who witnessed the storm’…
10/28/2019HOW CITIES ARE REBUILDING TO BE MORE RESILIENT TO NATURAL DISASTERSPBS NewsHour: Fourteen years after Hurricane Katrina, the neighborhood of Gentilly, New Orleans, is still in the process of rebuilding.…
10/27/2019ENGAGING STATEN ISLAND STUDENTS WITH MARITIME CURRICULUMStaten Island Advance: While a new dedicated maritime-themed school is no longer being pursued on Staten Island, several schools in the boro…