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Nov 2025

Funding Uncertainty Looms in FiDi-Seaport Climate Plan, Last Link in Lower Manhattan Flood Protection Projects

A plan to add flood walls and elevated park space is the most complicated and expensive link in the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency portfolio: a chain of flood-proofing projects, devised…

ByJerry Elengical 9Comments

24

Jul 2025

Climate and Environment Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Profiles

‘Solutions are Hyper-Local’: Brooklyn Climate Organizer On Facing the Next Big Storm As Feds Pull Funding

On the heels of torrential flooding, City Limits caught up with Sunset Park community leader, Elizabeth Yeampierre, to talk about federal cuts to natural disaster protections and how communities can…

ByMariana Simões 4Comments

05

Dec 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Resources

What New Yorkers Should Know About Flood Insurance, & Where to Get it

Thinking about protecting your home from flooding in the new year? These resources can help you get insurance coverage.

ByMariana Simões 2Comments

30

Oct 2024

Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations NYCHA

12 Years After Hurricane Sandy, NYCHA’s Red Hook Residents Still Living in a Construction Zone

With delayed timelines and ongoing construction, Red Hook residents are still living in limbo as they wait for a $568 million resiliency project to come to life, more than a…

ByMariana Simões

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

06

Feb 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Data Drop: How NY Disbursed Aid for Undocumented Hurricane Ida Victims

As of last month, the state had doled out just over $2 million of the $27 million set aside for the relief fund, according to recent data shared with City…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

28

Oct 2022

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Climate Crisis is a Housing Crisis

“Hurricane Sandy damaged 10 percent of the city’s housing. In a city with a vacancy rate of 4.5 percent, even a temporary loss of the housing supply isn’t just a…

ByDeborah Helaine Morris

ByThaddeus Pawlowski

ByHugo Sarmiento 1Comment

26

Sep 2022

Climate and Environment Economy Government Opinion

Opinion: Demanding Accountability in Puerto Rico’s Energy Crisis

“There’s no excuse not to transition to a system that is better, increasingly resilient, and more affordable than it was before. All members of Congress should call on FEMA to…

ByDr. Adi Martínez 0Comments

13

Sep 2022

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Housing and Homelessness

Un año después de las inundaciones de Ida, fondo de $27 millones de dólares para inmigrantes de Nueva York ha repartido menos de $2 millones

El fondo de ayuda de Ida para los neoyorquinos inmigrantes fue creado por la ciudad y el estado para las personas que sufrieron daños por las inundaciones pero que no…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

01

Sep 2022

Government Transportation

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

A federally funded pilot program and a study in parks both seek mitigation strategies for urban heat islands—areas that experience higher temperatures due to heat-absorbing infrastructure and lack of access…

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

10

May 2022

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Housing and Homelessness

Cierra fondo de ayuda por tormenta Ida de $27 millones, desembolsando menos de $2 millones a inmigrantes en Nueva York

Hasta ahora se han distribuido fondos de ayuda a 288 hogares, por un total de 1.601.210 dólares: 345 solicitudes se han finalizado y 201 siguen en proceso de tramitación. Es…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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