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In the decade since Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New York, the city has lagged in spending federal and capital funds dedicated to recovery and resiliency, a new report found.…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Buffering NYC’s Waterfront for Resiliency

“Addressing the remaining 60 percent of the waterfront that is hard and non-absorbent cannot be left to chance. The creation of a buffer there will require a comprehensive plan and…

ByCharles Lauster 2Comments

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May 2022

Climate and Environment Education Government

‘What Keeps Me Motivated Is Taking Action’—Panel Explores Pressures and Expectations Placed on Youth Climate Activists

As temperatures and sea levels rise, the world turns to young people to solve the greatest challenge in human history—a burden felt by youth activists from New York City to…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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May 2022

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

May 24: Climate Experts to Discuss the Future of NYC’s Waterfront

Join City Limits at the 2022 Waterfront Conference, a day-long event of speeches and panels by experts in resiliency, housing, and policy to address approaches to the climate crisis that…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Economy Housing and Homelessness News

NYC’s Waterfront Plan Maps Out Next Decade for City’s Coastlines

The nearly 300-page report is the first waterfront plan since Superstorm Sandy, and comes at the end of a year in which the city was rocked by multiple severe weather…

ByLiz Donovan 3Comments

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Nov 2021

Government News

Public Bathroom Access at Heart of Dispute Over New Inwood Park Facility

The Row New York boathouse planned for Sherman Creek Park will have bathrooms in its locker rooms, available only to the individuals participating in the organization’s programming.

ByLiz Donovan

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Apr 2021

Climate and Environment News Podcasts

The Coast, the Climate and the Race for Mayor

The city’s waterfront is home to vulnerability, inequality and opportunity for the next mayor to deal with, advocates tell WBAI’s Max & Murphy Show

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Mar 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion Transportation

Opinion: Let’s Transform NYC’s Waterfront Street-Ends for Equitable Water Access

‘Places to enter and exit the harbor safely in canoes, kayaks, rafts, sailboats, and rowboats, to educate by interacting with the water—or just to touch the water—remain strangely scarce for…

ByCortney Koenig Worrall

ByRob Buchanan

ByBrad Vogel

ByLuis López

ByJacky Krogh 1Comment

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Dec 2020

Climate and Environment Government

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2020

Opinion

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.’

ByIbrahim Abdul-Matin 0Comments

NYC is Underspending on Climate Resiliency: Comptroller