With the push of a button, New York City officials say they'll soon be able to deploy flip-up flood gates that are being placed underneath the FDR Drive to protect Manhattan from extreme floodwaters.

New York City officials say they'll soon be able to deploy flip-up flood gates that are being placed underneath the FDR Drive ...

Local officials are touting the high-tech barriers as a key defense for Manhattan ... anniversary of Sandy. The BMCR project will feature a 0.82‑mile long flexible flood barrier along the ...

Another task involves reinforcing the Manhattan bulkhead to protect against flooding – a crucial element considering the extensive flood damage caused by the 2012 Sandy superstorm. And the ...

The largest office-to-residential conversion in the country has launched a housing lottery for 330 apartments, with prices ...

Cuomo, the state created the “FUEL NY” initiative in response to Superstorm Sandy in 2012 ... Jerrold Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat who wrote a letter to Hochul last year urging her to ...

City leaders from multiple agencies Monday (2/25/25) demonstrated recent progress in the coastal flood protection project along the East River by showing off new flip-up flood gates under FDR Drive.

From my perch here at the Star-Revue I have been closely following the saga of the Red Hook Container Terminal since I started the paper fifteen years ago. The removal of owner Sal Catucci by the Port ...

Sandy also killed 69 people in the Caribbean ... just over the Hudson River from Manhattan, dealt with major flooding. Remnants of the hurricane were forecast to head across Pennsylvania before ...

Five Gateway contracts have been awarded so far, including one on Predergast’s first day for construction on the Manhattan side of the tunnel ... tubes that were heavily damaged by flooding during ...