The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan is a shared City-community vision for a resilient 21st-century waterfront.
This vision responds to the increasing hazards posed by climate change, while transforming the waterfront to better serve all New Yorkers
for generations.
Mayor De Blasio holds media press conference in order to ensure the city takes safety precautions for the upcoming storm that is arriving in the region.
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.
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.
, Mayor de Blasio met with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite where they mainly focused on coastal protections on the Rockaway peninsula and in Jamaica Bay.
Pursuant to LL18 of 2015, the task force’s report analyzing the damages and losses sustained by community-based organizations and houses of worship, identifying recovery resources, and making recommendations to improve coordination local government and the non-profit and faith-based organizations.
The Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study, which began in fall 2014, is an early step in a long-term strategy to protect the life, property, and livelihoods of Coney Island and Gravesend communities from the effects of storm surge and sea level rise.
Report to quantify multifamily and mixed-use buildings in high-risk flood plain areas in NYC, to determine current levels of flood insurance coverage by building type, to understand potential future costs and perceptions around future flood risk and mitigation and to make recommendations