04/12/2026
The Press of Atlantic City: Nearly 107,000 people in Atlantic County will face flooding risk by 2050, up from the 82,300 who are at risk now…
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04/09/2026
Patch: “New Jersey is confronting the reality that the impact of weather events — flooding, fires, and heatwaves — are becoming the new real…
04/09/2026
WNBC: Now. Investigators not revealed a motive or said if the suspect had any connection to the building or to the victims. a new study is o…
04/09/2026
Hudson Reporter: A new analysis released by Rebuild by Design examined flood exposure across public infrastructure in Jersey City and surrou…
04/09/2026
App: An analysis by Rebuild by Design found that right now, nearly a quarter of public assets in New Jersey (4,348 locations that include sc…
04/08/2026
Hudson Valley: Two new interactive tools show whether schools, hospitals, fire stations and other public buildings across New Jersey are at …
04/08/2026
Hudson County View: Rebuild by Design has also launched a new interactive map webpage that allows New Jersey residents to enter their home o…
04/08/2026
CBS News: An alarming new analysis shows that one-third of New Jersey's public infrastructure, like schools and hospitals, will be in a floo…
04/08/2026
New Jersey News: A new analysis from 'Rebuild by Design' shows that one in four public buildings, including schools, hospitals and fire stat…
04/07/2026
Insurance Journal: Rebuild by Design, a group that works with localities on policies to address climate challenges, is an advocate of “lever…
04/06/2026
New Yorker: When Stratton first came to city hall, as an intern, in the summer of 2012, Hoboken had no reason to expect an infrastructure ov…
04/02/2026
USA Herald: “It’s so obvious that investing in parks will save lives and livelihoods,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild By Design, who …
04/01/2026
The City: “It’s so obvious that investing in parks will save lives and livelihoods,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild By Design, who re…
03/23/2026
E Broad Street: The February report went on to say, “the Lower Manhattan SPD would be the first to see its user fee activated. This SPD woul…
03/19/2026
Babylon Beacon: “When you look at repeated flooding in coastal places like Long Beach and Freeport,” Amy Chester, managing director of the c…
02/10/2026
Charleston Gazette-Mail: The new "Atlas of Disaster: West Virginia" report by Rebuild by Design reveals troubling trends: West Virginia had …
02/09/2026
WV Explorer: A new analysis by Rebuild by Design underscores that concern. Its report, Atlas of Disaster: West Virginia, documents 23 federa…
01/28/2026
Charleston Gazette-Mail: Rebuild by Design, a group at the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University that works with communities…
01/05/2026
National Geographic: In response, the Obama administration tried a new approach. The Department of Housing and Urban Development held a comp…
12/23/2025
Metropolis Mag: ESCR’s Project Area 1, centered on East River Park, involves raising the waterfront park’s topography and is nested within t…
12/17/2025
The Bay State Banner: “Every single county in Massachusetts has suffered a major climate event from 2011 to 2024,” said Amy Chester, directo…
12/15/2025
ROCK 92.9: A report released by Rebuild by Design, an initiative of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, has tracked h…
12/11/2025
Boston Globe: Extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change in Massachusetts have cost US taxpayers
hundreds of millions of dollars, a…
12/08/2025
Economic Architecture Project: In this week’s episode, Amy Chester joins the Economic Architecture podcast to share her innovative work at R…
12/05/2025
Rolling Stone: The government has spent more than $3 billion on beach replenishment over the past four decades. But with worsening climate c…
11/26/2025
New Jersey Globe: Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill today named 433 members to a transition team Interdisciplinary Advisory Task Force described…
11/25/2025
CBS News: Committee on Transportation, Climate, & Infrastructure: Amy Chester, Rebuild by Design. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamda…
11/25/2025
SI Live: Each committee will be overseen by one of the transition co-chairs: Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla, Maria Torres-Springer, and Melanie Ha…
11/12/2025
Patch: Two significant Bridgeport projects got underway Monday with the official groundbreaking of Phase II of the Windward Apartments and t…
11/10/2025
The City: The City University of New York will use $50 million in Bond Act funds to install a geothermal system at Brooklyn College, add sol…
11/10/2025
Only In Bridgeport: The start of two significant Bridgeport projects: the construction of the Winward Apartments Phase II and the launch of …
11/04/2025
Snopes: Rebuild by Design, a project of New York University, found 99.5% of congressional districts include a county that has received a maj…
10/29/2025
Jersey Shore Online: Rebuild by Design New Jersey Program Manager Hana Katz discussed innovative resiliency projects. The Mount Holly reside…
10/29/2025
Crains New York: Staten Island was among the hardest-hit areas of the city during the 2012 storm, causing $16 worth of damage and lost econo…
10/29/2025
Vermont Daily Chronicle: “With a population of 648,000 people, Vermont has historically relied on federal dollars for disaster response fund…
10/28/2025
NBC Philadelphia: "Anything that was in the planning process, any projects that were being implemented are paused until further notice," Han…
10/28/2025
Daily Yonder: Between 2011-2024, rural counties in Vermont had among the greatest occurrences of federally-declared extreme weather disaster…
10/28/2025
Bronx: Invest in heat and flood mitigation redevelopment of local open spaces like Pulaski Park which are among the city’s most vulnerable, …
10/14/2025
Hellgate NYC: As the park nears the finish line of a five-year-long, $1.45 billion climate resiliency makeover designed to protect the coast…
09/28/2025
News Break: Hoboken, sitting on the Hudson River’s edge, has long faced challenges from flooding, especially during heavy rains and hurrican…
09/12/2025
Highlands Current: In the wake of Sandy, the state held a competition called Rebuild by Design that is now an initiative based at New York U…
09/08/2025
NJ: The poll, which was conducted in partnership with Rebuild by Design and the Environmental Defense Fund, shows broad support across party…
09/08/2025
FDU: With devastating floods becoming more common in New Jersey, three-quarters of voters (77 percent) now say that they are concerned about…
09/02/2025
Dezeen: The US Housing and Urban Development launched Rebuild by Design, under the America Competes Act, calling for international, interdis…
08/23/2025
NY Times: The superstorm prompted a novel initiative by the Obama administration to jump-start projects in and around New York that would fo…
08/17/2025
Wallpaper: Government responses to disasters have also resulted in architecture focused on future mitigation. In June 2013, just 8 months af…
08/11/2025
Inside Climate News: The forecast already has proof of being true, as Vermont is now one of the top 10 states in declaring federal disasters…
08/11/2025
The Cool Down: Elsewhere, policymakers and researchers are working on long-term solutions, such as updating building codes, restoring wetlan…
08/06/2025
NY Daily News: What if Pizza Rat told New Yorkers to check their subway route for possible closures before or during heavy rains. Mr. Met co…
08/05/2025
Interesting Engineering: The $60M federal grant (Rebuild by Design) plus state funds yielded a ~$107–111M project (in 2020 dollars). Civil c…
07/29/2025
North Jersey: According to Rebuild by Design's Atlas of Disaster: New Jersey, the state has experienced 14 federally declared major disaster…
07/18/2025
Katie Couric: “Trump has come out with his guns blazing against FEMA,” New York University’s Rebuild By Design director Amy Chester tells us…
07/15/2025
Spectrum News TX: “FEMA is frontline aid for states across the country,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, a New York Univers…
07/14/2025
The Hill: The nonpartisan organization Rebuild by Design notes that 40 states experienced 10 or more major disasters (those causing more tha…
07/13/2025
Times of San Diego: Rebuild by Design “put designers in the driver’s seat to come up with ideas as to how to protect Manhattan from the next…
07/11/2025
The Cool Down: New York City has a new elevated waterfront park, and the first section just opened to the public 13 years after Hurricane Sa…
06/16/2025
The Guardian: ‘The whole idea was to use the park as the “wall” that would protect the community behind it, but also give the community new …
06/12/2025
EESI: After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, New Jersey received U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding for two adaptation project…
06/12/2025
Patch: In a recent study conducted by Rebuild by Design (RBD), 1.3 million people in New Jersey live in high flood risk areas, with half of …
06/11/2025
Arch Paper: A short PATH ride away in Hoboken is ResilienCity Park (formerly known as Northwest Resiliency Park). Led by E&LP (now AKRF)…
06/06/2025
Leisure Opportunities: Memorial Day (29 May) saw the opening of phase one of the East River Park redevelopment in New York City, with the ne…
06/05/2025
Cape May County Herald: A new report by the public-private partnership Rebuild by Design says Cape May and Atlantic counties have the most p…
05/30/2025
Press of Atlantic City: Rebuild By Design, the public-private partnership formed after Superstorm Sandy to plan protective measures for futu…
05/30/2025
PBS: 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…
05/29/2025
Gothamist: One of the largest projects designed to protect Manhattan from a catastrophic flood has reached a new milestone with the opening …
05/29/2025
Construction Equipment Guide: Meadowlands Stadium area in NJ prone to flooding; NJDEP's $150M Rebuild by Design project aims to reduce flood…
05/23/2025
NYC: “The first section of the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project is a unique achievement that was completed ahead of schedu…
05/06/2025
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…
05/06/2025
SI 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…
04/28/2025
Fast Company: According to a study published today by Rebuild by Design, an organization dedicated to using design solutions to solve comple…
04/28/2025
Associated Press: Disasters affect the vast majority of Americans — 95% live in a county that has had a federally declared weather disaster …
04/25/2025
NY1: It’s become a regular occurrence here in New York City: A powerful rainstorm overwhelms the city’s infrastructure, causing flood damage…
04/10/2025
Queens Chronicle: Amy Chester, director of the NYU program Rebuild by Design, then discussed the potential for green space to mitigate such …
04/08/2025
Habitat 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…
04/07/2025
New 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…
04/07/2025
NY Times: Ms. Hochul, a Democrat, questioned the wisdom of the cuts, saying the grants were “critical to help us rebuild” after a litany of …
04/01/2025
The City: Amy Chester, director of resiliency nonprofit Rebuild By Design, saw “Flood Sensor Aunty” in Astoria, Queens, in September and was…
03/31/2025
The Hill: No part of the United States, red or blue, is exempt from weather disasters. Rebuild by Design, a disaster-mitigation think tank, …
03/28/2025
News Break: Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, agrees with Castor’s concerns. She explains that transferring FEMA’s responsibilitie…
03/26/2025
Fox 13: Amy Chester, the director of the non-profit Rebuild by Design, has dealt with FEMA a lot over the years and said transferring its re…
03/18/2025
Green Builder Media: Rebuild by Design coupled innovation and global expertise with community insight to develop solutions to the most compl…
03/12/2025
Urban Omnibus: The stories we share below, reported from the imaginations of climate adaptation expert Amy Chester, CUNY professor and activ…
02/26/2025
The Guardian: Back in 2014, Alaska, the Pacific north-west and the midwest were identified in the New York Times as “places that will fare m…
02/24/2025
WKYT: In this map created by Rebuild by Design, a non-profit at New York University, you can see a high concentration of incidents in easter…
02/23/2025
AMNY: The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCRP) in Lower Manhattan is completing its final touches just in time for the summer…
02/21/2025
Fast Company: It’s a move that threatens the entire country—and some Republican-led districts more so. Every single state has had at least o…
02/15/2025
Newsday: The broader picture: New York had the second-highest disaster assistance by state at $1,326 per capita, behind Louisiana, according…
02/11/2025
Newsweek: States led by Republican governors or represented by two Republican senators tend to experience more disasters and receive slightl…
02/10/2025
Fox 13 News: A map produced by "Rebuild by Design," a non-profit at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge, shows that 93% of U.S. counties ha…
02/10/2025
Newsday: President Donald Trump wants to revamp the Federal Emergency Management Agency or possibly get rid of it as he recently suggested.…
02/03/2025
Associated Press: Federal disaster aid is nearly everywhere. About 94% of Americans live in a county that has gotten Federal Emergency Manag…
01/28/2025
Yale e360: Vermont’s Washington County, which contains Plainfield and Montpelier, the state capital, ranked third in the nation in total dis…
01/28/2025
Yale 360: An increase in extreme precipitation events has hit the tiny, mountainous state of Vermont especially hard. As disaster declaratio…
01/15/2025
Landscape Architecture Magazine: Between 2011 and 2023, more than 90 percent of the nation’s congressional districts had at least one county…
01/15/2025
Landscape Architecture Magazine: Between 2011 and 2023, more than 90 percent of the nation’s congressional districts had at least one county…
01/13/2025
FAS: The Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a non-partisan, nonprofit science think tank dedicated to developing evidence-based polici…
01/13/2025
Announcement Comes as 2024 is Officially Declared Hottest Year on Record; Lingering Effects of Extreme Heat Fuel Catastrophic Wildfires in C…
01/03/2025
The Guardian: Caleb Stratton, Hoboken’s chief resilience officer, recalls how city officials asked him to lead the rebuilding and recovery e…
12/16/2024
Harvard News: Sandy’s arrival in 2012 accelerated the search for water management solutions that combined gray and green approaches. This hy…
12/02/2024
Geographical: The benefits of breeding oysters and better sewage- disposal practices have already changed the course of New York Harbor life…