08/20/2020
The Village Sun: Residents fighting to save East River Park from being razed and rebuilt for a coastal-resiliency project suffered a painful…
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08/16/2020
Climate Insider: Arlene Phipps' string of bad luck started the night Hurricane Sandy crashed into New York's coast.
Fierce winds pel…
08/01/2020
Times Union:
THE ISSUE:
While governments and society are focused on other issues, the planet continues to warm dangerously.
…
07/15/2020
Places Journal: In 1839, if you wanted to take a boat from coastal Matagorda, Texas, to the inland town of Wharton, you would have had …
07/10/2020
City Limits: When New Yorkers cast their ballots in November’s presidential race, they will also have a chance to vote on a $3 billion bond …
06/01/2020
NYTimes: A billion-dollar program to protect cities from climate change is at risk of failing because of the pandemic.
Connecticut is pre…
05/06/2020
The Architects Newspaper: How do you make waterfront locations resilient to the problems caused by climate change? How can you support …
05/04/2020
New York Daily News: Last week, both Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo appointed task-forces and sector advisory councils&n…
04/02/2020
Albany Times Union Blog: Voters in New York will decide later this year if the state should borrow $3 billion to spend on various environmen…
04/01/2020
Politico: An agreement between lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a $3 billion bond act includes some broad categories for the use of the fu…
03/25/2020
Grist: Michael Berkowitz is a student of disaster, and a guru on how cities weather them. As the former executive director of the nonpr…
02/27/2020
Politico: With the Trump administration pulling funding for a comprehensive resiliency study in New Jersey and New York, local governments a…
02/25/2020
US News: Hoboken, one of the areas in New Jersey hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, is making progress toward completing a larg…
02/24/2020
WPIX: A $14 million grant is headed for Hoboken to help the city build a park designed to capture stormwater.
The park will be the c…
02/19/2020
AMNY: Representatives from the Parks Department, the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), and the design firm AECOM addressed Manhat…
02/19/2020
ABC: Landscape architects are finding themselves on the front lines of the climate change crisis, having to come up with creative ways …
02/10/2020
by Basil Seggos
Buffalo News: In his State of the State address, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed the first environmental bond act in N…
02/10/2020
City Limits: Opinion by Carlos Scissura, New York Building Congress
In December, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued disaster declarations for 1…
02/08/2020
NY Post: Opponents of the plan to bury East River Park in the name of flood protection are suing the city to stop the $1.4 billion proj…
02/07/2020
Curbed: A transformational plan to fill in and raise East River Park by eight feet is facing a legal battle that threatens to stall flo…
01/14/2020
Politico: Although they don't know exactly how Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration wants to spend $3 billion for environmental projects, lawm…
01/13/2020
Times Union: Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears to be betting that climate change is on the minds of enough New Yorkers that they’ll approve a $…
01/10/2020
Adirondack Almanac: Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2020 State of the State speech included two big pieces of good news for the Adirondack Park…
01/09/2020
Post Standard: Gov. Andrew Cuomo today proposed a $3 billion environmental bond act aimed at creating what he called the nation’s most …
12/30/2019
City Limits: To feed its 8.5 million residents, New York City relies on an interconnected food supply chain clustered around just six m…
12/19/2019
by Marie French
ALBANY — A group created to oversee a resilient design competition after Hurricane Sandy is pushing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and…
12/13/2019
The Hudson Reporter: A project that aims to protect Hoboken from flooding caused by storm surges like Hurricane Sandy may miss its fund…
11/15/2019
The Architect: The New York City Council voted to approve the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project yesterday…
11/15/2019
Greek City News: Athens’ Lycabettus Hill, an iconic landmark on the Athens landscape, and Omonia Square in the city centre are undergoi…
11/15/2019
Times Union: Every one of New York's 62 counties over the past decade have experienced a flooding disaster. Flooding has ravaged urban,…
11/15/2019
AMNY: Despite strong opposition by area residents, the City Council on Thursday greenlighted a $1.45 billion proposal to raise the elev…
11/14/2019
City Limits: Climate change is not a nebulous future threat. It landed on our shores violently and mercilessly seven years ago as Super…
11/14/2019
Curbed: A $1.45 billion effort to transform Manhattan’s east side with flood protections overwhelmingly passed the City Council Thursda…
11/14/2019
New York Post: There won’t be any cows floating away from downtown Manhattan if Mayor Bill de Blasio signs off on this just-passed plan.
…
11/13/2019
The City: A transformational plan to fortify the Lower East Side waterfront against rising seas is poised to sail through a key vote th…
11/13/2019
Hudson Reporter: Hudson County and the State of New Jersey awarded Hoboken more than $1.8 million in grant funding for open space…
11/13/2019
Daily News: by Amy Chester and Tom Wright
You only have to glance at the latest daily headlines or refresh your social media feed to…
11/13/2019
Gothamist: The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project—the $1.45 billion plan to protect downtown Manhattan's east side against globa…
11/12/2019
WCBS 880: A New York City Council subcommittee has approved a plan to build flood barriers along two and half miles of East River Park …
11/08/2019
The City: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, the de Blasio administration has no plans for coastal flooding defense measures to protec…
11/07/2019
City Limits: Stand along the East River waterfront in the Financial District, and it quickly becomes how big a task City Hall has set f…
11/05/2019
Crains: Mayor Bill de Blasio will create an advisory group to answer concerns about his administration's billion-dollar …
10/29/2019
Trust for Public Land: Hurricane Sandy roared over the New York City metro area seven years ago this week. Few who witnessed the storm’…
10/28/2019
PBS NewsHour: Fourteen years after Hurricane Katrina, the neighborhood of Gentilly, New Orleans, is still in the process of rebuilding.…
10/27/2019
Staten Island Advance: While a new dedicated maritime-themed school is no longer being pursued on Staten Island, several schools in the boro…
10/18/2019
The Jeresulem Post: Climate change is with us, whether we wish it or not. The entire globe is warming up accompanied by extreme weather…
10/17/2019
Curbed: All along the coast of New York City, hard decisions are being made about how to address the inevitability of sea level ri…
10/11/2019
Patch: The massive storm protection project proposed for East River Park needs to be even taller than current plans call for, according…
10/11/2019
6sqft: Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Carlina Rivera announced Thursday the completed report by independent consul…
10/10/2019
Real Estate Weekly: Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan for the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project that will phase the r…
10/08/2019
CNBC: They are salty, sumptuous and often served opulently on ice. They are also now on the front lines in the fight to protect coastal…
10/04/2019
NJ.com: Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, former Mayor Dawn Zimmer and local officials broke ground on the Northwest Resiliency Park, Hoboken’…
10/04/2019
Architects News: New York City’s $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency project (ESCR) has been approved by the New York City Plann…
10/03/2019
Curbed: The Two Bridges area is Manhattan’s most vulnerable to flooding, sitting some seven feet above sea level. Flood barriers and ne…
10/03/2019
The Low Down: In response to neighborhood opposition to the city’s plans for a flood barrier in East River Park, the de Blasio administ…
10/03/2019
Crains NY Business: The city’s plan to extend a barrier between nearly one mile of Lower Manhattan’s coastline and the East River …
10/03/2019
The Patch: Flood barriers will flip up and roll out in the Two Bridges neighborhood by 2024 after three years of feasibility and coasta…
10/02/2019
The Villager: The question of how to protect lower Manhattan from the threat of rising sea levels is still up in the air, as activists …
10/02/2019
Politico: The de Blasio administration will announce more changes Wednesday to a massive flood barrier planned for the Lower East Side …
10/02/2019
The Architects Newspaper: New York City’s City Planning Commission met last Monday to vote on the future of the $1.45 billion resi…
10/01/2019
Curbed 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 …
09/28/2019
The Patch: Hizzoner took an afternoon stroll through East River Park Friday, after bailing on a meeting with local council members over…
09/27/2019
Curbed NY: In the seven years since Hurricane Sandy, the conversation about how cities must address climate change has change…
09/24/2019
The 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…
09/21/2019
The Guardian: Jainey Bavishi is all business as she takes off from Battery Park to walk the perimeter of lower Manhattan. It’s a muggy …
09/21/2019
NY Post: A city plan to temporarily destroy a beloved Manhattan park in a bid to prevent future flooding is so hated, hundreds of activ…
09/20/2019
CT 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…
09/20/2019
France 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…
09/11/2019
The Globe and Mail: Last year, Calgary got a new central library. The building is a wonderful piece of architecture. But it’s also a pl…
09/10/2019
Crains: Manhattan officials want a second opinion on a $1.3 billion flooding resiliency plan pushed by the de Blasio adm…
09/10/2019
Curbed NY: The $1.3 billion plan to reshape a swath of lower Manhattan’s east side waterfront with flood protections will get an independent…
09/06/2019
The Patch: A beloved skate spot in Tompkins Square Park is now saved from synthetic turf, the Parks Department said Friday afternoon.
…
09/06/2019
The Stute: Walking around Hoboken after returning from summer break, I took in some of the city’s classics. The smell of my favorite pi…
08/25/2019
New York Times: For skateboarders, the rectangle of asphalt in Tompkins Square Park is a sanctuary, an open space in the densely popula…
08/24/2019
India Times: Governments across the world are looking at building resilient structures to counter the destruction caused by sudden chan…
08/09/2019
The Independent: It was a bright Sunday afternoon in early August when Yvette Mercedes looked out over East River Park from the entranc…
08/02/2019
The Villager: With East River Park set to close for three-and-a-half years as part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency flood-protection…
08/01/2019
Curbed: The de Blasio administration’s plan to build flood protections along Manhattan’s east side ignited a firestorm of criticism whe…
08/01/2019
NY1: Vocal opponents of a proposed $1.3 billion coastal resiliency project on lower Manhattan’s East Side outnumbered supporters six to…
08/01/2019
The Patch: A plan to raze and rebuild the East River Park in the name of flood protection brought dozens to a City Planning Commission …
08/01/2019
Architectual Record: Last November, New Bern, North Carolina, could not have looked more peaceful. Along a waterfront park, calm waters…
07/24/2019
NY Times: Cars at a standstill, thwarted by floodwater on the Long Island Expressway. Others forced to navigate an intersection in…
07/23/2019
Hindu Times: Communities have to be educated and made aware of collaborating in disaster management and mitigation endeavours. They sho…
07/18/2019
The City Planning Commission hearing will still happen on July 31
Curbed: At a packed public hearing on Wednesday night, elected off…
07/18/2019
Gothamist: The first stage of City Hall’s East Side Coastal Resiliency project to fortify lower Manhattan against future clim…
07/17/2019
Bowery Boogie: Back in mid-May, the Parks Department shared a presentation with the Community Board 3 Parks subcommittee regarding the&…
07/16/2019
City Limits: The de Blasio administration has a plan to shore up the Lower East Side’s defenses against rising seawaters. It will also …
07/12/2019
Curbed: City officials presented a preliminary design for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR) on Thursday night at a Commun…
07/10/2019
The Patch: Manhattan's borough president wants the city to further delay a hearing on a massive storm protection project on the Lower E…
07/10/2019
Streetsblog NYC: The Manhattan Borough President is demanding that the city provide guarantees of access to parks and recreation and in…
06/28/2019
NJTV: All of New Jersey was slammed by Superstorm Sandy, but Hoboken took it on the chin. Two-thirds of the city lies in FEMA’s flood z…
06/20/2019
The Dirt: To protect against future super storms and long-term sea level rise, New York City proposed creating a set of landscaped berm…
06/14/2019
Curbed NY: Seven years after Superstorm Sandy, New York City has rebuilt housing, reopened beaches, and prioritized crucial r…
06/14/2019
CT Post: BRIDGEPORT — The launch and presentation of the new Plan Bridgeport website will occur at 6 p.m. on June 19, the city Planning…
06/13/2019
The Villager: At a June 11 public hearing about the city’s East Side Coastal Resiliency plan, Lower East Side residents mostly disappro…
06/12/2019
Hudson Reporter: Last week the Rebuild by Design Project team presented two park concepts for Hoboken Cove Park both of which include p…
06/07/2019
NJ Biz: New Jersey Transit is moving forward with a Hurricane Sandy resilience project with a call for bids on the construction co…
06/04/2019
News 12: A new study suggests that nine New Jersey cities will be almost entirely underwater and uninhabitable by the end of the 21st C…
05/27/2019
NY Times: In New York City, it’s often easy to think that ocean conservation is an issue for someplace else — tropical islands, coral r…
05/24/2019
The Patch: Want to weigh in on the East River Park resiliency project? Have a specific question?
Various meetings and hearings are s…