02/04/2019NJDEP TO HOLD DESIGN WORKSHOPS FOR HARBORSIDE PARKThe New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) invites the communities of Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken to upcoming Design…
01/30/2019ANGER AT RESILIENCY PLAN OVERFLOWS AT CITY HALLThe Villager: A recently revised city plan on how to keep East River floodwaters at bay in the event of another Hurricane Sandy produce…
01/30/2019WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF OUR PARK? WHO DECIDES?Join the East River Alliance at a Community Meeting to discuss East Side Coastal Resiliency Project Wednesday, January 30th 6:30pmP.S …
01/28/2019WATER EXPERTS FOR THE WORLDStrategy+Business: Shortly after Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast of the United States in 2012, the U.S. Secretary of Housing and…
01/25/2019CITY’S CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MAY SOON SEE EXPEDITED TIMELINE, LOWER COSTSCurbed: Projects undertaken by the city’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) have been notoriously plagued by protracted …
01/24/2019REVAMPED EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN DEBATED AT PACKED CITY COUNCIL HEARINGCurbed: After years of community engagement about a resiliency plan to build a system of flood barriers and berms a…
01/24/2019LES & EAST VILLAGE RESIDENTS FEEL ‘DUPED’ BY CITY’S SURPRISE PLAN TO BURY EAST RIVER PARKGothamist: After millions of dollars and countless hours spent fielding input from Lower East Side and East Village residents, the …
01/24/2019CITY ADMITS IT FAILED TO INFORM RESIDENTS ON OVERHAUL OF EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PLANPolitico: City officials admitted on Wednesday they failed to effectively communicate to residents the changes wrought by a last-minute over…
01/23/2019NYC COUNCIL TO HOLD HEARING ON ESCRThe New York City Council Committee on Parks and Recreation jointly with the Committee on Environmental Protection will hold a hearing on&nb…
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 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 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 …