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 …
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…
01/23/2019CITY 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 …
01/22/2019NEW YORK CITY RELEASES SURPRISE PLAN TO BURY AND REBUILD EAST RIVER PARKArch Paper: Manhattan’s East River Park, home to sprawling fields, winding bike paths, and a landscaped promenade, was badly damag…
01/18/2019TO SAVE EAST RIVER PARK, THE CITY INTENDS TO BURY ITNYTimes: The crowd at the recent meeting of Community Board 3 was agitated. Vaylateeba Jones, a 50-year Lower East Side resident and board o…
01/18/2019INSIDE A CITY REDESIGNED FOR CLIMATE CHANGEGrist: Check out how Grist's explains Hoboken's "Resist, Store, Delay, Discharge" project in "Inside a City Redesigned for Climate Chan…