City government has a crucial role to play in managing emergency response to severe storms and flooding, from communicating emergency alerts to cleaning catch basins to building more resilient infrastructure. It is critical that we pay sharp attention to these issues to ensure our city is as prepare
The 2023 NYC Heat-Related Mortality Report is submitted pursuant to Local Law No. 84 of 2020. Heat contributes to the deaths of about 350 New Yorkers, on average, each year during the warm season of May through September. This report includes data about heat events and heat stress deaths.
It’s been a year since the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice(MOCEJ) released PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, the first climate plan of the Adams administration and the fifth in the city’s history. In that time,MOCEJ has achieved many of its goals and sub-goals.
New York City, a longtime leader when it comes to climate action, has made significant progress over the last 12 months on the ambitious climate goals laid out in PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, its strategic climate plan. This Progress Report highlights that progress.
Pursuant to Local Laws 60 and 64 of 2017, the EJNYC Report studies environmental burdens affecting communities of color and low-income communities and disparities in environmental benefits. The report also looks at how City processes meaningfully involve key stakeholders.
This is the annual report of the Waterfront Management Advisory Board. The purpose of the board is to advise the City of New York on matters related to its waterfront and waterways when it is convened.
In this report, the NYC Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture (MOUA) details how the office met its legal mandates, and outlines plans to grow New Yorkers’ awareness, access, and activity through urban agriculture in NYC.
As the flooding New York City experienced from the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia last week demonstrated, the “new normal” of intensified storms requires a whole of government focus on emergency preparedness and climate resilience.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today unveiled the “New York Climate Exchange” in partnership with the Trust for Governors Island and Stony Brook University.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams today unveiled the “New York Climate Exchange,” a transformative vision for a first-in-the-nation climate research, education, and jobs hub on Governors Island that will create thousands of permanent jobs and $1 billion in economic impact for the city.
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