City of New York, New York
The City of New York continues to provide important leadership when it comes to planning for climate change. The city's adaptation plans and policies, regulations, and programs adopted to implement those plans are cataloged below.
The has adopted several plans to inform adaptation efforts citywide, at the neighborhood scale, and for specific neighborhoods and boroughs. The City first released a plan to enhance sustainability and prepare for the impacts of climate change, PlaNYC 2030 - A Greener Greater New York, in 2007 and updated the plan in 2011. The city's PlaNYC 2030 initiative – in particular - remains one of the most comprehensive planning processes on adaptation in the country. In 2013, after Hurricane Sandy, the city adopted a comprehensive climate change adaptation plan to inform rebuilding and future development in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The Stronger, More Resilient New York plan includes a comprehensive roadmap for enhancing the resilience of neighborhoods, infrastructure, and buildings citywide and at the neighborhood scale. In 2015, the DeBlasio administration further refined the City's adaptation and resilience efforts by adopting the OneNYC Plan that laid out strategies for addressing income inequality, enhancing economic growth, and building resilience to extreme weather and climate change.
The City has also developed a number of plans related to specific sectors of the city economy, neighborhoods, and resources. For example, in 2011, the City Planning Department adopted a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the resilience of the City's waterfront through the Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
The City has also taken concrete steps to implement these plans. After Hurricane Sandy, the City updated its zoning code to ensure that damaged structures could be rebuilt to be more resilient to future impacts from sea-level rise and extreme storms. The City worked with FEMA to update the City’s floodplain maps and to include sea-level rise risk information on maps. The City also developed design guidelines to help property owners retrofit different proto-typical buildings in the City for enhanced flood resilience. The City is also promoting the use of green infrastructure and green roofs to manage stormwater and to reduce urban heat islands.
To learn more about New York City adaptation efforts, please review the related resources below.
Related Organizations:
- New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC)
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- New York City Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
Related Resources:
- Mitigating New York City's Heat Island with Urban Forestry, Living Roofs, and Light Surfaces
- Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response
- Waterfront Action Agenda: Transforming New York City's Waterfront
- City of New York Climate Change Assessment and Action Plan (NYC Department of Environmental Protection)
- NYC Green Infrastructure Plan - A Sustainable Strategy for Clean Waterways (New York City)
- New York City Building Resiliency Task Force Summary Report
- Climate Change Adaptation: Addressing Heat-Related Morbidity and Mortality among Seniors in New York City
- Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
- Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan 2008 for New York City
- PlaNYC Progress Report: Sustainability and Resiliency 2014
- NYC Cool Roofs Initiative (New York City, NY)
- NYC Green Codes Task Force Report
- A City With Global Goals Part I and Part II
- New York City Build it Back Program
- Climate Risk Information (New York City)
- Retrofitting Buildings for Flood Risk (New York City)
- New York City Flood Resilience Zoning Amendment
- New York City Waterfront Revitalization Program
- New York City Green Infrastructure Demonstration Projects
- New York City Green Infrastructure Grant Program
- New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) Climate Risk Information 2013 - Observations, Climate Change Projections, and Maps
- Plumb Beach Renourishment Project and Protection of Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
- Coastal Climate Resilience: Designing for Flood Risk
- Coastal Climate Resiliency - Resilient Retail (New York City)
- New York City Green Roof Property Tax Abatement Program
- A Stronger, More Resilient New York
- Rebuild by Design: Big U - Transportation Elements
- One City, Rebuilding Together: A Report on the City of New York's Response to Hurricane Sandy and the Path Forward
- A Stronger, More Resilient New York - Transportation Chapter
- Rebuild by Design: Hunts Point Lifelines -- Transportation Elements
- Transportation During and After Hurricane Sandy (New York, New Jersey)
- Elevated Ventilation Grates for New York City’s Subway System
- New York City’s MTA Adaptations to Climate Change – A Categorical Imperative
- NYC MTA Storm Surge Protection via Catastrophe Bond Market (New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
- Rebuild by Design: Commercial Corridor Resiliency Project Proposal -- Transportation Elements
- Next Generation - New York City Housing Authority Sustainability Agenda
- PlaNYC 2030 - A Greener Greater New York
- Building the Knowledge Base for Climate Resiliency: New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report
- One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City (One NYC)
- New York City Zoning Code - Permeable pavement requirements
- Cool Neighborhoods NYC
- OneNYC 2018 Progress Report
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