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McCutcheon and her sister, Terry Traugott, went to their mom’s later that Saturday morning. They learned that responders ...
Following weekend flooding, many residents are searching for more assistance from official sources. County officials say they ...
The bad thing about permanent flood walls is that they can block scenic water views. The good thing about the ones now installed to protect the Museum of Jewish Heritage is that they don’t.
In May 2022, the firm simulated various flood loading scenarios as well as debris and vehicle impacts on the gates in a testing chamber nearly 15 ft deep. The gates performed as anticipated, and ...
Sandy made landfall in New York City on Oct. 29, 2012. A week later, Jeffries, a five-year member of the New York General Assembly, won a race to represent one of the hardest-hit districts.
Superstorm Sandy inundated Lower Manhattan, causing billions in property and infrastructure damage. To protect against future flooding, storm surges, and sea level rise, landscape architects are ...
Tom Barth with the National Transportation Safety Board said that if the heat starts to spread between different cells in the battery back it can cause a chain reaction called thermal runaway.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation plans to tear down a derelict motel in Island Park and build more than 40 apartments for homeless veterans on the site — the state's first veterans village.
The new construction project aims to rebuild and raise the Battery’s wharf promenade at the tip of Manhattan to protect against storm-surge flooding and rising sea levels caused by climate ch… ...
It's also a coastal city. A $1.5 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project at Stuyvesant Cove Park is the largest single coastal flood resiliency undertaking in New York City, Aggarwala said.
The undertaking is the firm’s second major flood mitigation job — it also worked on the $631 million North and West Battery Park City project. Published Nov. 21, 2023 Sebastian Obando Reporter ...