Addressing climate change and building a more resilient city is not just a moral imperative, it is an economic necessity. This report by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer highlights the urgent need to prepare our shorefront communities against the oncoming threat of rising seas.
MAYOR DE BLASIO & U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ANNOUNCE BEGINNING OF PROCESS TO DREDGE EAST ROCKAWAY INLET, PAVING THE WAY FOR BEACH RE-NOURISHMENT IN THE ROCKAWAYS.
Mayor de Blasio, Senator Schumer, Comptroller Stringer, Representative Meeks and Borough President Katz announced an agreement between the City and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to use dredged sand to re-nourish and restore Rockaway beach between Beach 92nd Street and Beach 103rd Street.
Mayor de Blasio announced that his administration would be pursuing an alternative design for part of their East Side Coastal Resiliency project in Lower Manhattan.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working on a project of ecological improvements for Flushing Bay, including wetland construction, dredging, and sewer optimization. 37 new DEP Police officers were sworn in at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston.
Mayor de Blasio and arks Commissioner Mitchell Silver announced the official opening of Coney Island's Boardwalk to the public for its summer season and celebrated the designation of the Coney Island Boardwalk as a scenic landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The Guidelines provide step-by-step instructions on how to supplement historic climate data with specific, regional, forward looking climate change data in the design of City facilities.
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