“Transit resilience is more than just being prepared for future floods. It means we have redundancies in other forms, like ferries, when trains or bridges are not operational.”
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.
If passed by voters, it would have provided funding for flood-mitigation work, efforts to restore fish and wildlife habitats and projects to assist communities impacted by environmental injustice.
‘What solutions can we implement now to provide the reliable transit that New York City needs for its recovery—especially its most underserved communities?’
‘Rather than waiting for the next disaster to happen, we must shift our focus from conducting emergency repairs to proactively building resilient infrastructure.’
Owners on the city’s coastline and their advocates are bracing for impact as two more major anticipated changes to federal flood insurance policy promise to fundamentally alter the landscape of…
‘Five years in, New York still has work to do before the region can claim to be truly resilient or able to withstand a major hurricane or weather event. But…