In Preview of NY Climate Mitigation Strategy, a Menu of Options
Formed by Gov.Publication Date: Sun, 01/06/2013
View ArticleSandy Already Changing How Buildings are Designed in NYC
Julie Satow examines the ways in which owners and developers of potentially vulnerable properties in New York are planning to invest in costly waterproofing measures. Publication Date: Fri, 01/11/2013
View ArticleWhat the Sandy Recovery Bill Gets Wrong
The $50 billion in post-Sandy spending approved by the House this week was divided into a "baseline bill" that includes $17 billion for immediate recovery efforts, and an amendPublication Date: Mon,...
View ArticleBuilding Storm Defenses While Turning a Profit
Hurricane Sandy has brought the need for effective disaster planning to the forefront, but the question remains as to how critical Publication Date: Fri, 01/18/2013
View ArticleKatrina and Sandy: Devastating Storms, But That's Where the Similarities End
Gratz compares the causes, impacts, and responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.Publication Date: Thu, 01/17/2013
View ArticleBracing for Sandy's Second Impact
Alison Leigh Cowan looks at the next hit from Hurricane Sandy that's bearing down on localities across the New York region, most of which are still struggling to clean up.Publication Date: Thu, 01/24/2013
View ArticleSandy Damaged Homes Sold 'As Is' for Millions
"People ask me, ‘Should I fix my house and then put it up?’ But I don’t know if the value will be there.Publication Date: Mon, 01/28/2013
View ArticleNYC Relaxes Zoning to Ease Rebuilding
Following on Monday's release of FEMA's new provisional flood maps, the Bloomberg administration "issued an executive order suspending certain zoning restrictions, such as building heights, which might...
View ArticleCuomo Proposes Bold Plan to Return NY Coastline to Nature
Doubling down on his statements in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy that "New York needs to reconsider the way it develops its coast," has proposed a buyout program using money from the $51 billion...
View ArticleBurned by Sandy, Hoboken Seeks to Become Model for Hurricane Resilience
Kate Zernike profiles the efforts of mayor Zimmer "to make it a test case for a new model of hurricane resilience, one that could be translated to other cities in the Northeast that rising seas have...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Dune
Hurricane Sandy made the value of natural defenses much more apparent to coastal communities throughout the Northeast.Publication Date: Fri, 02/15/2013
View ArticleRebuild or Retreat? NY Pols Take Sides in Post-Sandy Debate
Matt Chaban reports on the growing debate over whether to retreat from New York's vulnerable coastal areas or rebuild smarter in place. This week, Senator Charles Schumer waded into the debate, joining...
View ArticleShould Architects Be Allowed to Assist in Disaster Recovery?
Matt Chaban examines how New York's lack of Good Samaritan laws, and fears of lawsuits, prevented hundreds of willing architects and engineers from helping in post-Sandy building...
View ArticleN.J. Town Considers 'Radical Surgery' to Prevent Future Floods
Peter Applebome looks at the long shot solution that officials in Highlands, New Jersey view as the best option to save their town: "...Highlands officials are increasingly focused on one bit of...
View ArticlePoor Renters, not Middle Class Homeowners, Were Hardest Hit by Sandy
Matt Chaban discusses the findings of two new studies released this week - one by the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU [PDF], the other by affordable housing developers...
View ArticleVariety of Rebuilding Approaches Befuddle Sandy Victims
Recent articles in Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reveal how two divergent post-Sandy rebuilding strategies - New York State's plan to compensate residents to retreat and the City of New York's...
View ArticleInvestigation Exposes New Jersey Transit's Botched Sandy Prep
The results of a months-long investigation by WNYC/New Jersey Public Radio and The Record reveal the widly divergent ways in which NPublication Date: Mon, 05/13/2013
View ArticleRush to Rebuild Could Cause Long-Term Damage to NY/NJ Beaches
"Nearly seven months after Hurricane Sandy decimated the northeastern coastline, destroying houses and infrastructure and dumping 11 billion gallons of untreated and partially treated sewage into...
View ArticleWith NYC's Plan to Elevate Buildings, Chaban Asks 'Will Jane Jacobs Float?'
"Up and down the coast of New York and New Jersey, property owners are being forced to raise their homes and businesses above a new 100-year floodplain drawn up and mandated by the Federal Emergency...
View ArticleOn the Waterfront in Post-Sandy New York
For several years New York City has been exploring how to plan for climate change, but last fall Hurricane Sandy exposed the many vulnerabilities of the coastal metropolis. As Tom Vanderbilt writes:...
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