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City on the Edge

Climate change and New York City

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    Gowanus Rezoning Critics Highlight Impact of Climate on Future Flooding, As Public Review Moves Forward

    With public review underway on the controversial land use application, plan opponents tapped a team of climate experts to poke holes in the city’s environmental assurances during a virtual meeting Tuesday. The city has pushed back on their claims, calling them an attempt to undermine an environmentally conscious development framework.

  • Opinion: Why Physicians and Public Health Leaders Should Support ‘Capping’ the Cross Bronx Expressway
  • The Coast, the Climate and the Race for Mayor
  • Council Weighs ‘Public Banking’ Bills as Advocates Push City to Divest from Corporate Banks
  • Opinion: With Federal Support, NYC Can Become World-Leading Hub for Clean Energy
  • Opinion: New York Can Commit to a Greener Earth by Passing the Climate and Community Investment Act
  • Opinion: New York Needs Publicly-Owned Utilities, Not Sham Stakeholder Participation

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Featured Stories

  • Mayoral Hopefuls Issue Competing Climate Plans

    The early attention suggests a new urgency around climate resiliency eight years after Superstorm Sandy's toll.

  • Mayoral Hopeful Donovan Outlines Vision for Addressing Climate Change

    The unusually detailed policy document calls for zero-emissions buildings, pooled philanthropic funding for parks and more attention to the historic injustices embedded in environmental risks.

  • Congress Fixes Flaws in NYC-Area Coastal Defense Planning

    The House has passed an updated Water Resources Development Act that the Senate is expected to approve soon. The bill would address major criticisms of a stalled Army Corps of Engineers study of how to protect New York City from rising seas.

  • Pandemic Slows Down Efforts to Reduce NYC’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    The de Blasio administration has made strides toward reducing carbon emissions. But cuts to organics recycling, delays to establishing commercial waste zones, even the slowdown in closing Rikers could hamstring New York's ability to make the fast, deep reductions that the climate emergency requires.

  • City’s Move to Bolster Resilient Buildings is a Big Deal—and a First Step

    Proposed changes to the zoning code would allow property owners in areas facing flood risks to take steps to protect their assets. But it would neither require nor fund such work.

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    Eyes Will Be on Biden to Act Fast on Resilience for NYC

    President Trump's cancellation of a Corps of Engineers study means there's no federal planning underway for protecting New York City from the impacts of global warming. Will that change under a President Biden?

  • Canarsie
    Opinion: Reform Flood Insurance so New Yorkers Know Their Risk

    As sea level rise and extreme rainstorms increase, the impact of flooding will only get worse if we don't help New York communities become more resilient. One way to do this is to provide potential homeowners and renters with crucial flood risk information on properties they intend to buy or rent.

  • Opinion: By Design and Democracy, NYC Must Move Toward Equitable Waterfronts

    'Whether we like it or not, we need to adapt our city to manage the mounting risks that sea-level rise and climate change pose to New York's waterfront communities.'

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