February 2014 archives
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February 26, 2014 by Nareshnee Pillay
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Councilman Treyger Questions City Response to Sandy
Lower Brooklynites are still struggling to find normalcy more than a year post-Sandy. Just one example: Continued temporary boiler breaks are said to be leaving hundreds of residents, many of them immigrants, helpless and cold this winter. But now the community's representative on the City Council is pressing hard to do something about it. "There are a lot of questions that have been unanswered in regards to the Sandy recovery," AdaptNY was told by Councilman Mark Treyger (D-47), who represents Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Gravesend and Sea Gate. "I believe we have to do our part, at the local level, to have better coordination, and to provide the public with as much information as possible."Archives
February 26, 2014 by Matt Surrusco
Transcript: AdaptNY Climate Resilience Panel
February 22, 2014 at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Speakers: Adam Glenn, panel moderator and AdaptNY founder Councilmember Mark Treyger, New York City Council Committee on Recovery and Resiliency Bill Ulfelder, The Nature Conservancy, New York program Laura Tolkoff, Regional Plan Association Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate NewsArchives
February 25, 2014 by A. Adam Glenn
WNYC: De Blasio’s New Headache – Sandy Recovery
WNYC Editor Matthew Schuerman discusses Build it Back, New York City’s troubled Sandy recovery program. Listen via the audio player above, or read text of the reporting. Plus, check out a report from the Alliance for a Just Rebuilding and Faith in New York showing that no homes in the city had been repaired […]Archives
February 21, 2014 by Meral Agish
An Introduction to Design Thinking
Design thinking, like that used in the AdaptNY workshop on Feb. 22, may be an unfamiliar term but the process behind it will be familiar to many journalists. It’s a series of steps that takes an idea to a fully realized product, kind of like taking a story from a pitch to a fully reported, […]Archives
February 20, 2014 by Matt Surrusco
LIVE COVERAGE: Workshop on Design Thinking for Climate Resilience
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February 15, 2014 by By Lu Wu
Hidden Harm: Combating the Mental Health Effects of Sandy
For some Sandy victims, the ordeal is far from over even a year later, if they are among those suffering long-lasting mental health problems in the wake of the superstorm.Archives
February 10, 2014 by A. Adam Glenn
WNYC: It Really Does Take a Village to Rebuild After Sandy
WNYC Radio’s Matthew Schuerman reports about a community in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, devastated by Sandy, whose residents must now come up with integrated flood-proofing strategies. Listen to the report below, or read the story.Archives
February 6, 2014 by A. Adam Glenn
Workshop: Better Digital Storytelling Through Design Thinking For the Post-Sandy Era
AdaptNY is partnering with the Online News Association and the Center for Community and Ethnic Media to offer an all-day workshop Feb. 22, aiming to use the innovative techniques of design thinking to help media and communities improve how they tell stories and share information about climate resilience.Archives
February 3, 2014 by A. Adam Glenn