NYC lands $500K FEMA grant to protect historic sites in flood-prone areas
With the kickoff of hurricane season just days away on June 1, New York City is ramping up efforts to protect its flood-prone waterfronts and historic areas.
Officials announced on Tuesday that the Landmarks Preservation Commission was awarded a $500,000 multiyear hazard mitigation grant from FEMA to shield vulnerable historic sites from climate-related disasters in the future. The LPC will oversee the new program, monitor properties in the city’s designated “flood zones” and use the data for “hazard mitigation planning,” officials said. The agency plans to reach out to landlords and business owners interested in revamping their buildings.
"New York City has been leading the way on climate change, and LPC’s climate resiliency initiative represents the next step in the city’s proactive approach – an investment in the future of our historic resources to ensure they are better protected and more resilient as we look to a future,” Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair Sarah Carroll said in a statement.
Natural disasters have taken a considerable toll on the city’s infrastructure in recent years, including swaths of properties that include parts of entire neighborhoods and high-rise buildings.
And while Mayor Eric Adams may have faced criticism in the past for the city’s response to other natural disasters,last summer that resulted in sepia-toned skies, he has made climate change — and preparing for it — a major part of his public policy.
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