12/19/2019GROUP PUSHES NEW FUNDING FOR RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTUREby Marie French ALBANY — A group created to oversee a resilient design competition after Hurricane Sandy is pushing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and…
12/13/2019BEHIND SCHEDULE?The Hudson Reporter: A project that aims to protect Hoboken from flooding caused by storm surges like Hurricane Sandy may miss its fund…
11/15/2019NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL APPROVES CONTROVERSIAL EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLANThe Architect: The New York City Council voted to approve the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project yesterday…
11/15/2019LYCABETTUS HILL AND OMONIA SQUARE RECEIVING MAJOR UPGRADES TO ATTRACT MORE VISITORSGreek City News: Athens’ Lycabettus Hill, an iconic landmark on the Athens landscape, and Omonia Square in the city centre are undergoi…
11/15/2019COMMENTARY: INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SAVE THE STATE FROM STORMSTimes Union: Every one of New York's 62 counties over the past decade have experienced a flooding disaster. Flooding has ravaged urban,…
11/15/2019CITY COUNCIL VOTES IN FAVOR OF EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCYAMNY: Despite strong opposition by area residents, the City Council on Thursday greenlighted a $1.45 billion proposal to raise the elev…
11/14/2019OPINION: EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PLAN MUST MOVE FORWARDCity Limits: Climate change is not a nebulous future threat. It landed on our shores violently and mercilessly seven years ago as Super…
11/14/2019EAST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN PASSES CITY COUNCIL, BUT LEGAL CHALLENGE LOOMSCurbed: A $1.45 billion effort to transform Manhattan’s east side with flood protections overwhelmingly passed the City Council Thursda…
11/14/2019CITY COUNCIL APPROVES $1.5B PROJECT TO ‘WEATHER-PROOF’ LOWER MANHATTANNew York Post: There won’t be any cows floating away from downtown Manhattan if Mayor Bill de Blasio signs off on this just-passed plan. …
11/13/2019HOW LOWER EAST SIDE COASTAL PLAN BRACES FOR CLIMATE CHANGEThe City: A transformational plan to fortify the Lower East Side waterfront against rising seas is poised to sail through a key vote th…
11/13/2019HOBOKEN GETS $1.8 MILLION FOR OPEN SPACEHudson Reporter: Hudson County and the State of New Jersey awarded Hoboken more than $1.8 million in grant funding for open space…
11/13/2019CLIMATE CHANGE GROWING PAINS ARE REAL BUT NECESSARY:Daily News: by Amy Chester and Tom Wright You only have to glance at the latest daily headlines or refresh your social media feed to…
11/13/2019$1.45 BILLION PLAN TO ELEVATE EAST RIVER PARK ADVANCES, DESPITE SOME LOCAL OPPOSITIONGothamist: The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project—the $1.45 billion plan to protect downtown Manhattan's east side against globa…
11/12/2019PLAN TO BUILD FLOOD BARRIERS ALONG EAST RIVER IN MANHATTAN MOVES FORWARDWCBS 880: A New York City Council subcommittee has approved a plan to build flood barriers along two and half miles of East River Park …
11/08/2019NO COASTAL FLOODING PROTECTIONS IN STORE FOR CITY’S LARGEST FOOD HUBThe City: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, the de Blasio administration has no plans for coastal flooding defense measures to protec…
11/07/2019SEAPORT SECTION REMAINS BIG QUESTION MARK IN NYC’S FLOOD CONTROL PLANSCity Limits: Stand along the East River waterfront in the Financial District, and it quickly becomes how big a task City Hall has set f…