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Crains New York: Staten Island was among the hardest-hit areas of the city during the 2012 storm, causing $16 worth of damage and lost econo…

Vermont Daily Chronicle: “With a population of 648,000 people, Vermont has historically relied on federal dollars for disaster response fund…

Daily Yonder: Between 2011-2024, rural counties in Vermont had among the greatest occurrences of federally-declared extreme weather disaster…

Hellgate NYC: As the park nears the finish line of a five-year-long, $1.45 billion climate resiliency makeover designed to protect the coast…

News Break: Hoboken, sitting on the Hudson River’s edge, has long faced challenges from flooding, especially during heavy rains and hurrican…

Highlands Current: In the wake of Sandy, the state held a competition called Rebuild by Design that is now an initiative based at New York U…

NJ: The poll, which was conducted in partnership with Rebuild by Design and the Environmental Defense Fund, shows broad support across party…

FDU: With devastating floods becoming more common in New Jersey, three-quarters of voters (77 percent) now say that they are concerned about…

Dezeen: The US Housing and Urban Development launched Rebuild by Design, under the America Competes Act, calling for international, interdis…

NY Times: The superstorm prompted a novel initiative by the Obama administration to jump-start projects in and around New York that would fo…

Wallpaper: Government responses to disasters have also resulted in architecture focused on future mitigation. In June 2013, just 8 months af…

Inside Climate News: The forecast already has proof of being true, as Vermont is now one of the top 10 states in declaring federal disasters…

The Cool Down: Elsewhere, policymakers and researchers are working on long-term solutions, such as updating building codes, restoring wetlan…

NY Daily News: What if Pizza Rat told New Yorkers to check their subway route for possible closures before or during heavy rains. Mr. Met co…

Interesting Engineering: The $60M federal grant (Rebuild by Design) plus state funds yielded a ~$107–111M project (in 2020 dollars). Civil c…

North Jersey: According to Rebuild by Design's Atlas of Disaster: New Jersey, the state has experienced 14 federally declared major disaster…