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PROTECT, CONNECT, AND STRENGTHEN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! Learn more about the LMCR Project HERE and join us on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at the Rutgers Community Center at 200 Madison St. from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.  This meeting will focus on...

Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency Workshop Wednesday, October 5th: We’re repeating our July 27th workshop to make sure everyone has an opportunity to participate in this project. New York City is continuing to advance waterfront improvements to protect against coastal flooding and we need your help!

Today, on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, we have another installment of the LES Ready Guide. This afternoon, news of a survey being conducted to help create a comprehensive neighborhood plan for future emergencies.  The following post was...

This coming Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.  Among the events to mark the occasion is a forum featuring experts and community leaders at University Settlement. The forum is called, "Our Climate, Our City, Our Future: Community...

All this month, we're featuring articles from the Lower East Side Long-Term Recovery Group, a coalition that formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The latest installment in the LES Ready series comes from the Educational Alliance and addresses...

Today, as we continue to lead up to the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the next installment of the LES Ready Series, a project of the Lower East Side Long-Term Recovery Group.  This article was written by Melissa Aase,...

This week we kicked off a series in collaboration with the LES Long Term Recovery Group  -- offering information and tips to help prepare for the next big storm in New York City.  Tomorrow the organization is planning a...

Today we have a second installment of the LES Ready! Guide, a month-long series in collaboration with the Lower East Side Long Term Recovery Group, a coalition that formed following Hurricane Sandy.  Here's Suzan Rosen of the Red Cross. ...

This month, New Yorkers will be looking back and remembering the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, which came ashore October 29 one year ago.  On the Lower East Side, there's an organization called the Long Term Recovery Group that's...