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Congressman Dan Goldman Leads NY Delegation in Support of New York City’s $179 Million Climate Resiliency Federal Grant Application

February 6, 2023

Goldman’s Letter Supports FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Funded Projects That Will Reduce Risk to Vulnerable Communities from Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
 
City has Successful Track Record of Implementing Federal Hazard Mitigation Funded Projects  
 
Letter Supported by 11 Members of NY Congressional Delegation  
 
Read the Letter Here

New York, NY – Congressman Dan Goldman today sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in support of New York City agencies’ subapplications for $179,961,056 in funding from Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant programs. The letter was joined by 10 other members of the New York Congressional delegation: Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Grace Meng, Jerrold Nadler, Nydia Velázquez, Gregory Meeks, Adriano Espaillat, Yvette Clarke, Ritchie Torres, and Jamaal Bowman.  
 
If awarded, these nine projects will make a significant difference in the future of New York City by advancing resilience through planning and shovel-in-the-ground projects that will meaningfully reduce risk to New Yorkers – particularly the City’s most socially vulnerable – to climate change and extreme weather events.  
 
“As climate change and increasingly regular extreme weather events like Hurricanes Ida and Sandy continue to cause tremendous damage to our city, we have an obligation to invest in resiliency efforts that protect our most vulnerable and traditionally underserved communities,” Congressman Dan Goldman said. “New York City has a stellar track record of implementing federal hazard mitigation funds responsibly and effectively. With so many New Yorkers facing flood risk and other hazards, I, along with my colleagues in the City’s Congressional delegation, am calling on FEMA to quickly accept these funding requests and enable City agencies to begin work on these nine critical projects without delay.”
 
Congressman Goldman and the members of the delegation are committed to taking action to protect New York City and prevent future tragedies like those from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Ida.   
 
Climate change is increasing New York City’s risk of experiencing tropical storms, flash flooding, and extreme heat. To combat climate change, the delegation is working with the City to aggressively tackle these problems citywide by ramping up coastal resiliency, cloudburst infrastructure, and heat mitigation projects. New York City needs additional federal support through FEMA’s BRIC and FMA programs to protect its infrastructure and communities.  
 
Critically, the City is a national leader in resilience and mitigation and has been a successful and impactful steward of Federal natural hazard mitigation and resilience funded projects. With so many New Yorkers facing flood risk and vulnerability to natural hazards, it is a moral imperative to protect them and advance infrastructure protection efforts throughout the City.  
 
Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez said, "From tropical storms to extreme heat, climate change is already impacting New Yorkers, especially our city's most vulnerable citizens. As the impacts of climate change intensify, we must be prepared and take steps to protect our city from extreme weather events. These proposed projects will improve New York City's climate resiliency infrastructure and help reduce the risks that climate change poses to New Yorkers."

Congresswoman Grace Meng said, “Climate change has impacted communities around the world, and New York City is no different. The impact of severe weather events, flooding, and other natural disasters has been felt by New Yorkers living in every borough, and especially in Queens. That is why I am proud to put my support behind New York City’s $179 million Climate Resiliency Federal Grant Application. If awarded, these funds will help strengthen some of the city’s most vulnerable communities against extreme weather events. Thank you to Congressman Goldman and our city delegation for leading such an important letter of support and I look forward to doing whatever I can to help get these federal dollars to our great city.”
 
New York City Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi said, “The City is a successful steward of resiliency funding for developing new projects that will protect NYC from coastal flooding and increased extreme rainfall events. We are thankful our congressional partners are working with us to advocate that NYC receive the federal funding necessary to fully implement these projects.”
 
A brief description of each project submitted to BRIC and FMA for FY 2022 is below:

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Chart of BRIC and FMA Projects
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BRIC and FMA Projects
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BRIC and FMA Projects

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