This memo has been submitted to demonstrate NYCEM's compliance with Local Law 64 of 2013, requiring the agency to report any substantive changes to emergency plans for the purpose of responding to coastal storms and other severe weather or natural disaster events to the City Council.
This is the 2021 annual report of the Waterfront Management Advisory Board (WMAB). The report includes summaries of the WMAB's meetings in 2021 and member biographies.
This memo has been submitted to demonstrate NYCEM's compliance with Local Law 64 of 2013, requiring the agency to report any substantive changes to emergency plans for the purpose of responding to coastal storms and other severe weather or natural disaster events to the City Council.
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.
IN THE MATTER OF an application submitted by FWRA LLC pursuant to Sections 197-c and 201 of the New York City Charter for the amendment of the Zoning Map, Section Nos. 10a and 10b: 1. changing from a C4-2 District to an M1-2/R7-1 District property bounded by a line 425 feet southerly of Northern etc
IN THE MATTER OF an application submitted by FWRA LLC pursuant to Section 201 of the New York City Charter, for an amendment of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York,
establishing the Special Flushing Waterfront District (creating Article XII, Chapter 7) and modifying related Sections, etc
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.