October 2013 archives
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October 29, 2013 by A. Adam Glenn
SPECIAL REPORT RECAP: City Hall, Community Boards Confront Disconnect on Climate Resilience
Over the last week, in a special multi-part investigation from a team of reporters at AdaptNY and our news partner Gotham Gazette, we revealed on a striking disconnect in communication between New York's City Hall and some of the communities most affected by Sandy as they try to address the urgent task of adapting New York to climate change.Archives
October 28, 2013 by by Sarah Crean, Gotham Gazette
SPECIAL REPORT, PT 3: City Promises ‘Broad-Based Outreach’ To Communities To Prepare For Future Storms
New York City has decided to reconvene two community advisory task forces that weighed in on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s multi-billion dollar plan to protect the city from future extreme weather and the effects of climate change in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the city’s resiliency director told the AdaptNY and news partner Gotham Gazette in an exclusive interview.Archives
October 23, 2013 by Sarah Crean, Carla Astudillo, Emily Keller, Amy Kraft, Linda Thrasybule, Cesar Bustamante, Jessica Scanlon, Roxanne Scott, EJ Stewart
SPECIAL REPORT, PT 2: Snapshots from NYC Communities on Climate Frontlines
New York’s City Hall and some of its community boards show an at-times striking disconnect over ongoing preparations for the impacts of climate change, as revealed in board-by-board reporting conducted over the last two months by a team of reporters for AdaptNY and news partner Gotham Gazette.Archives
October 23, 2013 by by Chester Soria, Gotham Gazette
GOTHAM GAZETTE: City Says It Is Mostly Prepared For Next Major Storm
Nearly a year after Superstorm Sandy, a top deputy to Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that New York City is better prepared for the next major hurricane — albeit with a lot of caveats.Archives
October 23, 2013 by Cesar Bustamante
SPECIAL REPORT – MAP: Are Communities Hardest Hit By Sandy Being Heard by City Hall?
As New York explored ways to make the city more resilient in the face of future extreme weather like Sandy, City Hall zeroed in on five areas it considered the hardest hit by the storm damage -- the Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront, South Queens, Southern Brooklyn, Southern Manhattan, and the East and South Shores of Staten Island. Gotham Gazette and AdaptNY surveyed representatives of half of the 18 community boards representing those hardest-hit areas, to find out what kind of impacts they suffered, how they've recovered, future impacts they worry about and their recommendations for dealing with them. We also asked how well they felt the city and communities had worked together and how well their voices were being heard. The map below outlines the 18 hardest-hit CBs. Click on those CBs in blue to find out what what we learned.Archives
October 21, 2013 by Sarah Crean, Carla Astudillo, Emily Keller, Amy Kraft, Linda Thrasybule, Cesar Bustamante, Jessica Scanlon, Roxanne Scott, EJ Stewart
SPECIAL REPORT: Are The City’s Most Storm-Vulnerable Communities Being Heard?
A two-month investigation revealed striking disconnects in communication between the city and some community boards — the frontline of local government — as New Yorkers face the colossal task of remaking the metropolis to be more resilient to extreme weather caused by climate change.Archives
October 21, 2013 by Carla Astudillo
SPECIAL REPORT: Community Boards — Voices Of Neighborhoods Ignored?
by Carla Astudillo New York’s community boards are designed to serve as a link between City Hall and the city’s neighborhoods. But observers point to a strong consensus that the boards’ influence has faded during Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s three terms in office.Archives
October 21, 2013 by Carla Astudillo
SPECIAL REPORT – MAP: NYC Flood Zones Heading Inland
There's a good reason why the city and community boards worry about resiliency. The Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability calculated future flood hazard zones based upon sea levels rising due to climate change. Click the buttons on the left to see how far inland the flood zones are expected to reach over the next 70 years.Archives
October 17, 2013 by A. Adam Glenn