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Financing Resiliency: The Opportunity for Stormwater Fees in New York City

As our climate continues to change, New York City is facing increasing pressure to adapt to the challenges posed by excessive stormwater runoff. New infrastructure investments—including in green infrastructure such as parks, restored wetlands, green roofs, and rain gardens—can help the City respond to present and future climate impacts, including excess rainfall. Yet securing sustained […]

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Inundation District: Film Screening & Discussion with Director David Abel

By Adalene Minelli

Join us at New York University for a special screening of Inundation District, a new film from Director and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, David Abel. Following the screening, David Abel will join us for a discussion and audience Q&A. Limited seats available. ABOUT THE FILM In a time of rising seas and intensifying storms, one of

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NYU on NYC: The Future of Our City After COVID

By Adalene Minelli

Join leading NYU scholars for a webinar on imagining the future of New York City in a post-COVID world. Please register here. Speakers Ingrid Gould Ellen, Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy & Planning; Faculty Director, Furman Center Robert L. Hawkins, Assistant Dean & McSilver Associate Professor of Poverty Studies, Silver School of Social Work Eric Klinenberg, Professor

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Crain’s: Greening the City from the Top Down

Updates / By Adalene Minelli

When storm clouds gather, 62 square miles of roofs keep us dry in New York City. Unfortunately, most of the dozens of inches of rain that hit New York each year cascades into our gutters, swelling sewers and often causing raw sewage to pour into our waterways. The city is failing to take advantage of

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Expanding Green Roofs in NYC: A Dialogue with the City of Copenhagen

By Adalene Minelli

Green roofs promote a number of New York City’s environmental policy goals. They can cut a building’s electricity demand, filter harmful urban air pollutants including asthma-inducing particulate matter, provide disadvantaged communities with access to green space, and significantly reduce storm water runoff. Yet, despite their great potential, green roofs are still few and far between

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Cool Roofs Offer a Salve for Hot Cities — and the Climate, Too

Updates / By Adalene Minelli

By Benjamin Mandel published in Grist July 1, 2014 From his office in the Berkeley hills, Art Rosenfeld looks out on the heart of California’s Bay Area. The 87-year-old scientist keeps a pencil and a small notebook in his breast pocket, ready to jot down a quick note or make a calculation. With these simple tools

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