10/04/2019BIG’S MANHATTAN FLOOD WALL RESILIENCY PROJECT ADVANCESArchitects News: New York City’s $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project (ESCR) has been approved by the New York City Plann…
10/03/2019TWO BRIDGES FLOOD PROTECTIONS WILL RAISE EAST RIVER ESPLANADE UP TO TWO FEETCurbed: The Two Bridges area is Manhattan’s most vulnerable to flooding, sitting some seven feet above sea level. Flood barriers and ne…
10/03/2019REVISED EAST RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION PLANS MET WITH MORE LOCAL SKEPTICISMThe Low Down: In response to neighborhood opposition to the city’s plans for a flood barrier in East River Park, the de Blasio administ…
10/03/2019PLAN TO EXTEND LOWER MANHATTAN TO EAST RIVER MOVES ONE STEP FURTHERCrains NY Business: The city’s plan to extend a barrier between nearly one mile of Lower Manhattan’s coastline and the East River …
10/03/2019CITY FIGHTS SEA RISE WITH PLATFORMS, FLOOD WALLS IN TWO BRIDGESThe Patch: Flood barriers will flip up and roll out in the Two Bridges neighborhood by 2024 after three years of feasibility and coasta…
10/02/2019EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT LEADERS GRILLED IN CITY COUNCIL HEARINGThe Villager: The question of how to protect lower Manhattan from the threat of rising sea levels is still up in the air, as activists …
10/02/2019DE BLASIO TO ALTER EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PROJECT, AGAINPolitico: The de Blasio administration will announce more changes Wednesday to a massive flood barrier planned for the Lower East Side …
10/02/2019CONTROVERSIAL LOWER MANHATTAN FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN MOVES FORWARDThe Architects Newspaper: New York City’s City Planning Commission met last Monday to vote on the future of the $1.45 billion resi…
10/01/2019PLAN TO EXTEND LOWER MANHATTAN INTO EAST RIVER TO BE STUDIED BY EXPERTSCurbed NY: The city is about to embark on a two-year process that will create a roadmap to expand nearly a mile of the lower Manhattan …
09/28/2019MAYOR BLOWS OFF RESILIENCY MEETING WITH POLS FOR WALK IN THE PARKThe Patch: Hizzoner took an afternoon stroll through East River Park Friday, after bailing on a meeting with local council members over…
09/27/2019WHAT A HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY PROGRAM CAN TEACH CITIES ABOUT RESILIENCYCurbed NY: In the seven years since Hurricane Sandy, the conversation about how cities must address climate change has change…
09/24/2019DESPITE LOWER EAST SIDE PROTESTS, COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT GETS COMMISSION APPROVALThe Villager: The city’s $1.45 billion East Side flood protection plan is one step closer to becoming a reality after the New York City…
09/21/2019THE SINKING CLASS: THE NEW YORKERS LEFT TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE CRISIS ALONEThe Guardian: Jainey Bavishi is all business as she takes off from Battery Park to walk the perimeter of lower Manhattan. It’s a muggy …
09/21/2019PROTESTERS HOLD MOCK FUNERAL TO URGE CITY TO SAVE EAST RIVER PARKNY Post: A city plan to temporarily destroy a beloved Manhattan park in a bid to prevent future flooding is so hated, hundreds of activ…
09/20/2019BRIDGEPORT BUILDING BARRIERS AFTER SWAMPED BY STORMWATERSCT Post: Bridgeport has seen the face of climate change and it is wet. The city’s South End had a gulp of that when it was swamped b…
09/20/2019AMID INCREASING THREAT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, NEW YORK PREPARES FOR RISING WATERSFrance 24: This coming spring the City of New York will start the construction of the BIG U – a protective system to prevent flooding in Low…