03/14/2019DE BLASIO’S $10B PLAN TO PROTECT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IS BIG ON AMBITION, LIGHT ON FUNDINGPolitico: Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday unveiled his latest plan to protect Lower Manhattan from the threat of climate change, propo…
03/14/2019DE BLASIO LAYS OUT $10B PROPOSAL TO EXTEND SHORELINE TO PROTECT NYC FROM STORMSNY1: A new climate resiliency plan announced by the mayor on Thursday would expand Manhattan’s southern shoreline up to 500 feet into t…
03/08/2019TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, NYC MAY EXPAND LOWER MANHATTAN INTO EAST RIVERGothamist: Nearly six years after the Bloomberg administration proposed the idea of building a counterpart to Battery Park City, the de…
03/06/2019OVERHAUL OF STORM PROTECTION PLAN OUTRAGES DOWNTOWN RESIDENTSPatch.com: A massive $1.45 billion project designed to avoid a repeat of the devastation Hurricane Sandy wreaked on Downtown Manhattan will …
02/20/2019THE RIGHT TO A RESILIENT CITY: PROGRESSIVE POLITICS AND GREEN GROWTH MACHINE IN NEW YORK CITYWe examine the post disaster history of a proposed resilience infrastructurecapital project, the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project part …
02/19/2019NO BARRIERS TO BEAUTYRebuild by Design team hosts public workshop Hudson Reporter: Planters, seating, and signs that show the way are all possible features th…
02/19/2019KEY MOMENT FOR NYC’S POST-SANDY FLOOD PROTECTION PLANSCity Limits: Almost seven years have passed since Hurricane Sandy left its mark in the city. Neighborhoods like the East Village and Lo…
02/14/2019PARK SPACE RE-IMAGINEDHudson Reporter: Programming space, an elevated outlook, and native plantings are all possibilities for the redesign of Harborside Park…
02/13/2019FLOOD PROTECTION WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE IN WEEHAWKEN, NJDredging Today: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is inviting the communities of Jersey City, Hoboken and Wee…
02/10/2019EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP HAS APPLIED FOR A FEDERAL GRANT OF $2.4 MILLION TO TEAR DOWN FOUR EYESORE MOTELSPress of Atlantic City: Egg Harbor Township has applied for a federal grant of $2.4 million to tear down four eyesore motels in West At…
02/08/2019CRUMBLING LES BATHHOUSE TO BE REPLACED WITH PLAYING FIELDThe Patch: An abandoned community center at-risk of collapse will be demolished soon and replaced with a field, the Parks Department sa…
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…
01/28/2019WATER 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 …