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NY Environment Report

NY Environment Report

  • Assessing Resilience Planning: Is the City Preparing Smartly for the Rising Risks of Climate Change?

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    Rooftop greenery is part of the plan (photo: PlaNYC via flickr)


    At one of many such meetings now taking place throughout the city's waterfront, residents of Red Hook, Brooklyn, gathered recently at a local community center to hear about the dramatic expansion of federal flood zones in their area and what the new designation would cost them.

    As in other coastal neighborhoods, Red Hook struggles with a variety of flooding-related issues. Area homes, businesses and public housing developments suffered heavy

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