Climate Strong Communities (CSC) will launch the next generation of equitable, multi-hazard, pro-active resiliency and sustainability projects by maximizing unprecedented infrastructure and climate funding opportunities focused on the most at-risk and environmental justice neighborhoods in New York City.
Invest in communities not addressed by limited Hurricane Sandy recovery funding
Leverage existing resiliency and sustainability planning and capital commitments
Maximize recent federal and state infrastructure and climate funding opportunities
Develop a community-centered equitable planning process by proactively engaging with stakeholders
Mayor Eric Adams
In its first year, the Climate Strong Communities program worked in Soundview (the Bronx), Brownsville (Brooklyn), Corona (Queens), and Port Richmond (Staten Island) neighborhoods. It will also build on prior work in Canarsie (Brooklyn) and East Harlem (Manhattan).
For year two of the program, we are working in Concourse and Mott Haven-Port Morris (the Bronx), Coney Island and East New York (Brooklyn), Flushing and Rockaway/ Mott Basin (Queens), and Stapleton (Staten Island).
CSC will implement infrastructure projects that address critical climate risk needs including street cooling features, solar energy, raised shorelines, and resilience hubs.
Climate Strong Communities hosted the program’s second round of public workshops in March 2024. Workshop attendees discussed potential CSC projects and shared their communities’ priorities.
If you have additional questions or comments, you can contact [email protected].
BROWNSVILLE
Community Workshop #1 took place on December 5, 2023, at the Brownsville Community Culinary Center.
View the presentation in English here and in Spanish here.
If you weren’t able to attend the workshop or have additional feedback, we want to hear from you! Click here to respond to an online survey with the key content and questions from the workshop.
Community Workshop #2 was held on March 14th, 2024, at P.S. 284 The Gregory Jocko Jackson School.
Additional information:
The Urban Heat Island map shown at the workshop is available here. You can see how much higher the temperature is from the mean temperature from June through August. Data source: NYC Council Data Team.
The Flooding map shown at the workshop is available here. It illustrates both flooding from “cloudburst” events, or extreme stormwater flooding, and coastal flooding. Data source: NYC Open Data.
PORT RICHMOND
Community Workshop #1 took place on December 6, 2023, at the CYO Community Center.
View the presentation in English here and in Spanish here.
If you weren’t able to attend the workshop or have additional feedback, we want to hear from you! Click here to respond to an online survey with the key content and questions from the workshop.
Community Workshop #2 was held on March 13th, 2024, at the Faith United Methodist Church.
Additional information:
The Urban Heat Island map shown at the workshop is available here. You can see how much higher the temperature is from the mean temperature from June through August. Data source: NYC Council Data Team.
The Flooding map shown at the workshop is available here. It illustrates both flooding from “cloudburst” events, or extreme stormwater flooding, and coastal flooding. Data source: NYC Open Data.
SOUNDVIEW
Community Workshop #1 took place on December 13, 2023, at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center.
View the presentation in English here and in Spanish here.
If you weren’t able to attend the workshop or have additional feedback, we want to hear from you! Click here to respond to an online survey with the key content and questions from the workshop.
Community Workshop #2 was held on March 21st, 2024, at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center.
Additional information:
The Urban Heat Island map shown at the workshop is available here. You can see how much higher the temperature is from the mean temperature from June through August. Data source: NYC Council Data Team.
The Flooding map shown at the workshop is available here. It illustrates both flooding from “cloudburst” events, or extreme stormwater flooding, and coastal flooding. Data source: NYC Open Data.
CORONA
Community Workshop #1 took place on December 16, 2023, at the New York Hall of Science.
View the presentation in English here and in Spanish here.
If you weren’t able to attend the workshop or have additional feedback, we want to hear from you! Click here to respond to an online survey with the key content and questions from the workshop.
Community Workshop #2 was held on March 15th, 2024, at the New York Hall of Science.
Additional information:
The Urban Heat Island map shown at the workshop is available here. You can see how much higher the temperature is from the mean temperature from June through August. Data source: NYC Council Data Team.
The Flooding map that was shown at the workshop is available here. It illustrates both flooding from “cloudburst” events, or extreme stormwater flooding, and coastal flooding. Data source: NYC Open Data.
CSC will work to expand the tree canopy, particularly in neighborhoods with high Heat Vulnerability Index and low tree canopy coverage, and install other sustainability measures to reduce ambient temperatures.
CSC will work to build green infrastructure such as rain gardens to absorb rainwater, street flooding from precipitation and provide greening to neighborhoods.
The city will lead by example by making our buildings more sustainable to meet our carbon neutrality goals and more resilient to address climate risks.
For any questions, please send us an email to [email protected]
When we bring our voices, our action, and our advocacy to our schools, our homes, and our workplaces, we can create a more sustainable and resilient future for the 8.3 million people who call our five boroughs home.
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