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 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.
, 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.
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.
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.
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.