01/23/2019CITY HALL SEEKS NEW CONSENSUS ON EAST RIVER PARKWNYC: With rising sea levels, parts of Manhattan are at increased risk of severe flooding, like we saw with Sandy in 2013. One form of …
01/23/2019REBUILD KICKS OFF NSF GRANT WITH PARTNERS IN WESTERN PUERTO RICORebuild is part of a large team funded by a National Science Foundation Critical Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Systems and Process…
01/22/2019BUILDING RESILIENCE IN DESIGNAt the start of the 2018-2019 Academic Year, PennDesign launched its Urban Resilience Certificate. This school-wide Certificate is one …
01/22/2019NEW YORK CITY RELEASES SURPRISE PLAN TO BURY AND REBUILD EAST RIVER PARKArch Paper: Manhattan’s East River Park, home to sprawling fields, winding bike paths, and a landscaped promenade, was badly damag…
01/22/2019EAST RIVER PARK STEWARDSHIP STUDY RELEASEDThe long-term maintenance of parks is a challenge in New York City, just as in many other cities around the world. To address shortages in f…
01/18/2019TO SAVE EAST RIVER PARK, THE CITY INTENDS TO BURY ITNYTimes: The crowd at the recent meeting of Community Board 3 was agitated. Vaylateeba Jones, a 50-year Lower East Side resident and board o…
01/18/2019INSIDE A CITY REDESIGNED FOR CLIMATE CHANGEGrist: Check out how Grist's explains Hoboken's "Resist, Store, Delay, Discharge" project in "Inside a City Redesigned for Climate Chan…
01/18/2019ESCR PROJECT IN THE NYTIMESNYTimes: The crowd at the recent meeting of Community Board 3 was agitated. Vaylateeba Jones, a 50-year Lower East Side resident and board o…
01/17/2019CLEANING NEW YORK’S FILTHY HARBOR WITH ONE BILLION OYSTERSCNN Newsource: The New York Harbor for years has been polluted and depleted of marine life. But one nonprofit is working to clean the murky …
01/12/2019FLOOD PLAN MIGHT OPEN OPPORTUNITIES IN BRIDGEPORT’S SOUTH ENDCT Post: In a new plan to address flooding in the South End of Bridgeport, city officials see an opportunity to kick-start private inve…
01/09/2019COMMUNITY ORGANIZED MEETING FOR ESCRA group of community members have begun to host our own meetings to discuss the subgroups we should organized and plan around issues such as…
01/08/2019CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD OVERSIGHT HEARING ON REVISED EAST RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION PLANThe Low Down:In the community, there are many unanswered questions about the city’s sudden decision to overhaul the plan for a flood barrier…