06/06/2025‘BIG U’ East Side Coastal Resiliency project opens in New York CityLeisure Opportunities: Memorial Day (29 May) saw the opening of phase one of the East River Park redevelopment in New York City, with the ne…
06/05/2025Report: 70% of County Property at Flooding Risk by 2050Cape May County Herald: A new report by the public-private partnership Rebuild by Design says Cape May and Atlantic counties have the most p…
05/30/2025Cape May, Atlantic counties have highest flood damage risk in New Jersey over next 25 yearsPress of Atlantic City: Rebuild By Design, the public-private partnership formed after Superstorm Sandy to plan protective measures for futu…
05/30/2025Increased flooding could lead to ‘climate migration’ in NJPBS: Hundreds of thousands of people could be forced from their homes, new report says. “We’re sounding the alarm, and we’re saying, ‘Hey, l…
05/29/2025Section of East River Park reopens after being lifted to fight floodsGothamist: One of the largest projects designed to protect Manhattan from a catastrophic flood has reached a new milestone with the opening …
05/29/2025Project Raises Resilience in MeadowlandsConstruction Equipment Guide: Meadowlands Stadium area in NJ prone to flooding; NJDEP's $150M Rebuild by Design project aims to reduce flood…
05/23/2025First Phase of East Side Coastal Resiliency Receives National Engineering Excellence Award From the American Council of Engineering CompaniesNYC: “The first section of the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project is a unique achievement that was completed ahead of schedu…
05/06/2025Kansas asked for needed disaster relief. Will Trump refuse like he did Arkansas?Kansas City Star: But a disaster here and a disaster there can add up. The “Atlas of Disaster,” a database from New York University, reveals…
05/06/2025Check out these amazing finds on this Staten Island waterfrontSI Live: The beach also has a fantastic view of the rock islands of the Living Breakwaters project in Raritan Bay. The rock islands aid i…
04/28/2025Hoboken’s parks were redesigned to stop floods. Could New York City’s be next?Fast Company: According to a study published today by Rebuild by Design, an organization dedicated to using design solutions to solve comple…
04/28/2025Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projectsAssociated Press: Disasters affect the vast majority of Americans — 95% live in a county that has had a federally declared weather disaster …
04/25/2025A new solution to street flooding? Hoboken could be the modelNY1: It’s become a regular occurrence here in New York City: A powerful rainstorm overwhelms the city’s infrastructure, causing flood damage…
04/10/2025PTSD likely for people experiencing floodingQueens Chronicle: Amy Chester, director of the NYU program Rebuild by Design, then discussed the potential for green space to mitigate such …
04/08/2025New York Area Could Lose 80,000 Homes to Flooding in 15 YearsHabitat Mag: “The sooner we decide as a city to invest in resilience measures to help neighborhoods adapt — whether it’s to fortify or to mo…
04/07/2025In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to FloodingNew York Times: “The sooner we decide as a city to invest in resilience measures to help neighborhoods adapt — whether it’s to fortify or to…
04/07/2025FEMA Cuts More Than $300 Million in Disaster Prevention Aid to New YorkNY Times: Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, questioned the wisdom of the cuts, saying the grants were “critical to help us rebuild” after a litany of …