Mayor de Blasio’s Flood Protection: What Is It and How Will It Affect Our C...

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The $10 Billion Question(s)?

Mayor Bill de Blasio proposes extending the waterfront from the Seaport to Battery Park up to 500 feet into the East River at a cost of up to $10 billion: if done right, this proposal can integrate benefits such as open space, affordable housing, and job creation into a plan for flood protection. If done wrong, however, the ramifications of our choices will last hundreds of years.

Join us in a public discussion of what should be considered as a co-benefit of flood protection.

Wednesday, April 17

6pm-8:30pm

Rebuild by Design

20 Cooper Square

2nd Floor

Jainey Bavishi, Director of NYC Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resilience and Elijah Hutchinson, Vice President for Resilience at NYCEDC will present the Mayor's proposal.

There will be a moderated discussion following the presentation.

Moderator:

Christopher Robbins, Editor, Gothamist

Speakers:

Alice Blank, CB1 Environmental Protection Committee

Trever Holland, TUFF-LES

Josh Nachowitz, The Downtown Alliance

Victor Papa, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council

Angela Pinsky, Association for a Better New York (ABNY)

This event is co-sponsored by Rebuild by Design, The Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Regional Plan Association, and the Van Alen Institute.

Image Credit: City of New York