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July 31, 2013 by A. Adam Glenn

Telling Sandy Stories

Two Sandy-related storytelling projects worth a look: “Beach 119” is a moving web documentary that shares the story of a Rockaway Beach community still struggling to recover from the storm. Watch “Beach 119” below, and learn more about how the video project developed. SandyStoryLine is a project that has collected and shared more than 250 […]

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July 25, 2013 by A. Adam Glenn

GOTHAM GAZETTE EXCLUSIVE: Enviros Call on Bloomberg to Lock in Sustainability, Climate Adaptation

A coalition of environmental organizations is urging Mayor Michael Bloomberg to use the time remaining in his term to complete critical environmental projects and lock in sustainability policies for the next mayor, including preparations for the impacts of climate change, reports Sarah Crean in an exclusive with AdaptNY news partner Gotham Gazette. Crean reports the […]

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July 25, 2013 by A. Adam Glenn

GOTHAM GAZETTE: Forgotten Coney Island – A Post Hurricane Sandy Tour

Coney Island continues to struggle to return to normalcy after Sandy, reports AdaptNY news partner Gotham Gazette. While the community’s entertainment district is “open for business,” some neighborhood services such as libraries and medical clinics are still out of action, parks and playgrounds remain fenced off and public housing is under scaffolding. Of particular worry to some […]

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July 22, 2013 by A. Adam Glenn

GOTHAM GAZETTE: Weiner on Climate Adaptation

In an interview with AdaptNY‘s news partner Gotham Gazette, mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner addressed Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plans to help New York adapt to the impacts of climate change, saying Bloomberg ‘has set us on a good path” and that past approaches will need to change. Read more from the full interview here

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July 4, 2013 by A. Adam Glenn

CityAtlas: Project Aims for Community Blueprint for Post-Sandy Staten Island

CityAtlas recently wrote about SImagines, a joint project of area architects and planners to work with residents of Staten Island, the borough hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy, to envision its long-term recovery. The SImagines effort has involved a series of reconstruction workshops around the borough, the fourth and final of which (for the West Shore […]