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“My concerns are that if these storms keep getting worse, ancestral remains might come to the top,” said Shantell Jones, secretary of the Flatbush African Burial Ground (FABG) Coalition, a…

ByMarina Dunbar 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Neighborhood Groups Say They Need More City Support to Plan for Climate Emergencies

Community-based organizations are primed and ready to help New Yorkers deal with extreme weather events but say they need more robust communication, engagement, and financial resources from the city. “This…

ByMary Cunningham 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Climate and Environment

New York to See Hotter Temps, More Rain, Flooding & Worse Storms, New Climate Report Says

A new state-wide report on the impacts of climate change shows New York City will be impacted on all fronts: The Big Apple is getting 6 to 10 degrees warmer,…

ByMariana Simões 3Comments

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Feb 2024

Climate and Environment Education Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

How Climate Change is Hitting NYC Public Schools

More than a quarter of the city’s public school buildings are currently at risk from extreme stormwater flooding, according to an analysis by the Comptroller’s Office shared with City Limits.…

ByMariana Simões 3Comments

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Nov 2023

Climate and Environment In Depth

The Quest to Clean Up Coney Island Creek, Part 3: Climate Change Adds Urgency

Awaiting remediation for the creek, local attention has turned to the more immediate threat of rain-driven flooding. Coney Island flooded badly from the remnants of Hurricane Ida at the beginning…

ByNina Dietz 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government In Depth Investigations

The Quest to Clean Up Coney Island Creek, Part 1: Industrial Past Collides with a Superstorm

While the last decade has seen cleanup efforts planned or launched at some of the city’s most polluted waterways, like Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek, the community has struggled to…

ByNina Dietz 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Fighting for Basement Apartment Tenants, 11 Years After Hurricane Sandy

“Instead of turning a blind eye to the suffering of basement and cellar apartment dwellers, disproportionately low-income and from immigrant communities, we must find the political courage to face this…

ByJessica González-Rojas

ByHarvey Epstein 1Comment

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Oct 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

New Bill Would Require NYC Landlords to Distribute Flood Evacuation Plans

The legislation introduced in the City Council last week is geared at keeping tenants in flood-prone basement apartments out of harm’s way.

ByMariana Simões 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Leaks and Flooding at NYCHA Brownstones Were Preventable, Tenants Say

“They knew it was going to rain Friday,” said Cynthia Tibbs, the tenant association president at NYCHA’s West Side Urban Redevelopment (WSUR) brownstones, where ceilings in three apartments collapsed following…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

‘Predictable Emergencies’: NYC Flash Floods Spur Renewed Calls for Basement Legalization

“I haven’t slept at all, I panic every time it pours hard rain,” one basement tenant in Brooklyn told City Limits after water began to breach her apartment early Friday…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

How Climate Change Could Threaten New York’s Historic Black Cemeteries

Neighborhood Groups Say They Need More City Support to Plan for Climate Emergencies

New York to See Hotter Temps, More Rain, Flooding & Worse Storms, New Climate Report Says

How Climate Change is Hitting NYC Public Schools

The Quest to Clean Up Coney Island Creek, Part 3: Climate Change Adds Urgency

The Quest to Clean Up Coney Island Creek, Part 1: Industrial Past Collides with a Superstorm

Opinion: Fighting for Basement Apartment Tenants, 11 Years After Hurricane Sandy

New Bill Would Require NYC Landlords to Distribute Flood Evacuation Plans

Leaks and Flooding at NYCHA Brownstones Were Preventable, Tenants Say

‘Predictable Emergencies’: NYC Flash Floods Spur Renewed Calls for Basement Legalization

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