Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. In March 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio trekked to Brooklyn’s Red Hook Houses to announce what he dubbed the biggest single Federal Emergency Management Agency grant in history: $3 billion to rebuild and upgrade […]
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Flirting With Disaster: Flood Zones Still Uninsured Years After Sandy
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Seven years after Superstorm Sandy deluged New York City, more than eight out of 10 properties in coastal areas the federal government deems extremely vulnerable to the next disaster are without flood insurance, an […]
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No Global Climate Strike School Field Trips Allowed, DOE Rules
“NYC schools find out last-minute: field trips to the Global Climate Strike aren’t allowed” was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters The education department is prohibiting field trips to the Global Climate Strike on Friday, according to a last-minute notice sent to schools. […]
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New Housing Eyed for Brooklyn Lots Ravaged by Sandy
Sign up for THE CITY Scoop, our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. While Staten Island awaits a 4.5-mile seawall and Lower Manhattan plans for a $1.3 billion berm, rebuilding is on tap for parts of Brooklyn still vulnerable to rising waters. The city Department of Housing […]
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Manhattan Pols Second-Guess Mayor’s Plan for Lower East Side Flood Barrier
Sign up for THE CITY Scoop, our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. As a key vote approaches on a controversial $1.3-billion plan to flood-proof the east side of Lower Manhattan, local officials have ordered up a second opinion on the first deputy mayor’s proposal. Manhattan Borough […]
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City Nearly Two Years Late on Making 60 Evacuation Shelters Accessible
The de Blasio administration is nearly two years behind on its legal commitment to make at least 60 emergency shelters accessible to people with disabilities, court papers show. City Hall is inching into the homestretch, with a new deadline of January for meeting its court-mandated goal of accommodating 120,000 people with special needs during disasters. […]