The Army Corps of Engineers’ planned gates, meant to protect against future Sandy-like storms could help reduce moon-cycle deluges in oceanside neighborhoods. But some worry that they are not meant for such tidal use.
East Side Coastal Resiliency
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FDR Drive Tear-Down and Manhattan Land Extension Eyed in Downtown Flood Plan
A higher waterfront and a lower highway may be on tap for Lower Manhattan. The city has a new proposal for protecting the Financial District and Seaport from future flooding: extending the eastern edge of Manhattan’s tip by up to 188 feet — while raising the shoreline and possibly taking down the elevated FDR Drive […]
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When Climate Change Comes Knocking at Your Door, It’s Best to Be Prepared
What would you do if you got caught in a flash flood? On July 8, New Yorkers got a sudden real-life lesson as an afternoon storm rolled through the city and filled roadways and some subway stations, including Dyckman Street on the A line, with 28,000 gallons of water. As the consequences of global climate […]
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De Blasio’s $1 Million Flood Plan Shelved and Hidden From High-Risk East Harlem
East Harlem escaped Superstorm Sandy relatively unscathed because of luck, timing — and the moon. Had the tides been slightly different when the storm hit in October of 2012, the low-lying neighborhood would have been inundated, according to flood researchers. Just a six-hour shift, a recent analysis confirms, would have brought fast-moving water in with […]
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Judge Tosses Lawsuit, Paving Way for Burial and Rebuilding of East River Park
The path’s been cleared for a huge burial — and rebuilding — of Manhattan’s East River Park. New York Supreme Court Judge Melissa Crane on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the East Side Coastal Resiliency project, a multi-year effort to overhaul a stretch of the Lower East Side’s shore to protect the area from future […]
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How Lower East Side Coastal Plan Braces for Climate Change
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A transformational plan to fortify the Lower East Side waterfront against rising seas is poised to sail through a key vote this week. On Thursday, the City Council is expected to OK the $1.45 […]
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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 […]