Background - RHCR

Red Hook Coastal Resiliency


Background

EDC Feasibility Report
Project Team

EDC Feasibility Report

Project Team


Background

The Red Hook neighborhood saw unprecedented flooding during Hurricane Sandy that left many residents and businesses without basic services for weeks. The Red Hook Coastal Resiliency Project will be a critical step toward ensuring a more resilient Red Hook community in the face of future extreme weather and a changing climate.

The Red Hook Coastal Resiliency Project is an important part of Mayor de Blasio's multilayered, $20 billion resiliency plan that the City is implementing across the five boroughs. The plan takes a comprehensive approach to resiliency, with the vision that our neighborhoods, economy, and public services will be ready to withstand—and emerge stronger from—the impacts of climate change.