On January 7, 2014, Vice President Joe Biden came to Albany to announce-together with Governor Andrew Cuomo – a $16.7 billion federally funded package of programs to strengthen New York’s infrastructure against future storms. The money was part of the $50.5 billion in emergency money that congress granted to New York and New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy, with $200 million […]
Tag: NY Rising
Red Hook Summit promotes unified resiliency at the Summit Academy, by George Fiala
The first Red Hook Summit was held in June, 2013 as the community was in initial Sandy recovery. It was an invitation-only event, held at Pioneer Works and included food and presentations on community organizing. It was funded by a group called the Red Hook Coalition. The Coalition was put together after Sandy and was a consortium of local […]
Borough President joins CB6 for a Red Hook Screw, commentary by George Fiala
On Tuesday, December 22 at 6 pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the application to rezone part of Red Hook to allow an 8 story nursing home to be build in a flood zone will be the subject of a public hearing. There is so much wrong with the above sentence that my head is exploding. I couldn’t sleep most of […]
Sandy brings state money to Red Hook for local improvements, by George Fiala
At a January 6 committee meeting for the Red Hook portion of NY Rising, almost 100 potential Sandy-related projects were discussed. The meeting took place at PS 15 and was attended by a host of consultants, committee members and other interested parties. The committee is headed by Gita Nandan, a local architect representing the Red Hook community, and Kate Collignon, […]
Protect us from flooding, by Jake Bienecke and Andrea Sansom
(EDITORS NOTE: Andrea and Jake are Red Hook residents. They have generously offered Star-Revue readers their experiences and advice in dealing with the changes since Sandy, as well as this call to action). Hurricane Sandy is sometimes called the “storm that sparked a thousand conferences,” a reference both to the effect the storm has had on the collective conscience of […]