09/28/2019MAYOR BLOWS OFF RESILIENCY MEETING WITH POLS FOR WALK IN THE PARKThe Patch: Hizzoner took an afternoon stroll through East River Park Friday, after bailing on a meeting with local council members over…
09/27/2019WHAT A HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY PROGRAM CAN TEACH CITIES ABOUT RESILIENCYCurbed NY: In the seven years since Hurricane Sandy, the conversation about how cities must address climate change has change…
09/27/2019ESCR SEPTEMBER 2019 UPDATEThe East Side Coastal Resilience project is moving through the environmental and City’s land use processes and there have been numerous hear…
09/26/2019LIVING WITH THE BAY, SEPTEMBER 2019 UPDATELONG ISLAND - The Living with the Bay project broke ground in April of this year. Crews have been on site at Hempstead L…
09/26/2019LIVING BREAKWATERS SEPTEMBER 2019 UPDATEThe Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery is in the final stages of the procurement process to select a contractor to undertake the Living Bre…
09/24/2019DESPITE LOWER EAST SIDE PROTESTS, COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT GETS COMMISSION APPROVALThe Villager: The city’s $1.45 billion East Side flood protection plan is one step closer to becoming a reality after the New York City…
09/21/2019THE SINKING CLASS: THE NEW YORKERS LEFT TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE CRISIS ALONEThe Guardian: Jainey Bavishi is all business as she takes off from Battery Park to walk the perimeter of lower Manhattan. It’s a muggy …
09/21/2019PROTESTERS HOLD MOCK FUNERAL TO URGE CITY TO SAVE EAST RIVER PARKNY Post: A city plan to temporarily destroy a beloved Manhattan park in a bid to prevent future flooding is so hated, hundreds of activ…
09/20/2019BRIDGEPORT BUILDING BARRIERS AFTER SWAMPED BY STORMWATERSCT Post: Bridgeport has seen the face of climate change and it is wet. The city’s South End had a gulp of that when it was swamped b…
09/20/2019AMID INCREASING THREAT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, NEW YORK PREPARES FOR RISING WATERSFrance 24: This coming spring the City of New York will start the construction of the BIG U – a protective system to prevent flooding in Low…
09/20/2019LMCR/BMCR SEPTEMBER 2019 UPDATEThe Mayor’s Office of Resilience and NYC Economic Development Corporation will hold a public meeting on the BK Bridge-Montgomery Coastal Res…
09/17/2019LESSONS FROM REBUILD BY DESIGN WITH SHAUN DONOVAN AND KATE ORFFIn the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Obama administration launched Rebuild by Design, an innovative design and planning competition for …