07/31/2019DEIS HEARING FOR FIRST SECTION OF BIG U (ESCR)A public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Eastside Coastal Resilience Plan will be held on July 31, 201…
07/31/2019PUBLIC HEARING ON EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY HOSTED BY GALE A. BREWER, MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENTand New York City Department of Design and Construction Public Hearing on East Side Coastal ResiliencyHosted by Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan…
07/24/2019IS N.Y.C. READY FOR THE NEXT SANDY?NY Times: Cars at a standstill, thwarted by floodwater on the Long Island Expressway. Others forced to navigate an intersection in…
07/23/2019INVOLVE COMMUNITIES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT, SAYS U.S. EXPERTHindu Times: Communities have to be educated and made aware of collaborating in disaster management and mitigation endeavours. They sho…
07/18/2019NEIGHBORS BLAST EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN, HAVE TWO EXTRA WEEKS TO WEIGH INThe City Planning Commission hearing will still happen on July 31 Curbed: At a packed public hearing on Wednesday night, elected off…
07/18/2019EAST RIVER PARK REBUILD PLAN IS A ‘JOKE,’ SAY LOWER EAST SIDERSGothamist: The first stage of City Hall’s East Side Coastal Resiliency project to fortify lower Manhattan against future clim…
07/18/2019SOLAR GUERRILLA: CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGEJuly 19, 2019 - December 19, 2010 Tel Aviv Museum of Art will feature the BIG U in their exibition: "Solar Guerrilla: Constructive Respon…
07/17/2019SERIOUS QUESTIONS REMAIN AS EAST RIVER RESILIENCY PROJECT HEADS TO MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENTBowery Boogie: Back in mid-May, the Parks Department shared a presentation with the Community Board 3 Parks subcommittee regarding the&…
07/16/2019EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PLAN FACES KEY HEARINGCity Limits: The de Blasio administration has a plan to shore up the Lower East Side’s defenses against rising seawaters. It will also …
07/12/2019CITY UNVEILS PRELIMINARY EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN AT CB MEETINGCurbed: City officials presented a preliminary design for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR) on Thursday night at a Commun…
07/10/2019MANHATTAN BP WANTS TO STALL RESILIENCY HEARING BY 2 MONTHSThe Patch: Manhattan's borough president wants the city to further delay a hearing on a massive storm protection project on the Lower E…
07/10/2019MANHATTAN BEEP STALLS PLANS FOR LOWER EAST SIDE ‘RESILIENCY’ PROJECTStreetsblog NYC: The Manhattan Borough President is demanding that the city provide guarantees of access to parks and recreation and in…