flooding

Mar
20
Con Ed Work Planned In Advance Of Upcoming Sewer Project

Con Ed Work Planned In Advance Of Upcoming Sewer Project

You know how occasionally during a really heavy downpour parts of the area near 4th Avenue flood in a serious
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Nov
20

City Council Passes New Building Codes For Storm Resiliency

Superstorm Sandy as seen from outer space. (Source: nasa.gov)The New York City Council passed new building code laws
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Oct
24
The Day: School Expansion, New Signage and Free Trees

The Day: School Expansion, New Signage and Free Trees

A blush of color has started to penetrate the area around the dust bowl in Fort Greene Park. (Photo by
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Aug
22
How's Your Corner Faring In The Rain?

How's Your Corner Faring In The Rain?

Do you live along one of the streets that’s been milled by the DOT [/blog/transportation/road-work-on-ditmas-avenue-this-week], but not
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Jun
07
Friday Brings Rain And A Hazardous Travel Advisory To Area

Friday Brings Rain And A Hazardous Travel Advisory To Area

The NYC Office of Emergency Management [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml] has issued a Hazardous
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Mar
15

Helene Weinstein Wants To Protect Disaster Victims From Unfair Insurance Practices

Helene WeinsteinAssemblywoman Helene Weinstein put forward a bill that would protect people from unfair insurance practices administered during a time
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Dec
21

Local Law Firm Office Gets KO’d By Sandy

When Superstorm Sandy swept into our lives late last October, there were few basements located in Zone A evacuation areas
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Sep
19

Batten Down The Hatches Now, Or Suffer The Great Flood Of 2080

Unless radical “hover home” technology gets developed in the latter part of the 21st century, the New York Times has
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Jun
22
Flooding Sewage on Cortelyou?

Flooding Sewage on Cortelyou?

Really gross situation on Cortelyou between Rugby and Marlborough this evening, reports neighbor Michael McWatters [http://asddad.com/], who sent
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Feb
23

BREAKING: Water Main Break At Sheepshead Bay Road and East 14th Street?

A reader tipped us off about a water main break in front of Tete-A-Tete cafe at the intersection of East
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