A Tour of Resilient Infrastructure
By Shibani Debnath, SWIM Graduate Fellow Green infrastructure allows New York City to adapt to climate change as a wetter climate is...
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- Sep 20
New York City Needs to Take Concrete Actions to Achieve a Climate Resilient Future
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Drew Gamils, Staff Attorney, Riverkeeper New Yorkers must think critically and creatively to design and adopt programs...
- Jun 9
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Water Quality Standards (and then some)
Picture this: It’s a hot summer’s day, you’re at the beach, hot from the sun and the warm sand, and you decide to go take a dip in the...
- Oct 27, 2022
Calling all those who play in New York City’s waterways!
Did you know that you can help to impact policy through your use and enjoyment of New York’s waterways? The state’s Department of...
- Oct 12, 2021
City Releases Two Important Stormwater Plans
NYC Stormwater Resiliency Plan In May 2021, the Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency released the NYC Stormwater Resiliency Plan for NYC...
- Oct 12, 2021
SWIM Has Formed a Working Group for NYC's Class I and SD Waters
For the past couple of years, the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has attempted to remove important protective...
- Sep 30, 2021
SWIM has article in the Fall 2021 Issue of the Living Architecture Monitor!
Earlier this year, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities invited SWIM to write an article about our long term advocacy for New York City’s Green...
- Sep 15, 2021
EPA Calls on NYC to Use Rainfall Data Based on Climate Projections for Our Region
Recently, as part of its response to a City Planning Department Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Gowanus Neighborhood...
- Mar 16, 2021
New York's Green Roof Tax Abatement Program: Next Steps
The city's ~39,680 acres of rooftops pose a unique opportunity for getting NYC closer to the goal of managing the first inch of...
- Mar 16, 2021
SWIM opposes NY DEC's Proposal to Set Lax Water Quality Criteria for NYC's class I & SD waters
Important: DEC Public Hearing/Webinar March 23rd, 2021. Please attend! Scroll down for details and be sure to register by 3/22 10 AM. In...
- Mar 4, 2021
NYC's 2030 Water Quality Improvement Goals and Programs
Because of our dense development patterns in NYC, ~72% of our landmass is impervious. This means that, during wet weather, large volumes...
- Oct 16, 2020
Delays in City's Water Quality Improvement Plans
Over the past few months we've been hearing about requests for year/s-long extensions on significant aspects of some of the City's water...
- Oct 14, 2020
How's NYC's Green Infrastructure Program Performing?
The City's Green Infrastructure (GI) Plan, introduced in 2010, has a specific set of stormwater management milestones to meet (every 5...
- Oct 5, 2020
What is the NYC 2021 Unified Stormwater Rule?
Here at Stormwater Infrastructure Matters (SWIM) Coalition we talk a lot about NYC's stormwater runoff, how it negatively impacts the...
- Sep 10, 2020
Intro 1620 - A Comprehensive 5 Borough Coastal Resiliency Plan
In an op-ed earlier this summer, NYC council members Constantinides and Brannan outlined why they introduced legislation last year...
- Jul 13, 2020
SWIM Joins Rise to Resilience Coalition
SWIM has joined the NY/NJ Rise to Resilience Coalition 8 years after hurricane Sandy, our region remains unprepared for the impacts of...
- Apr 17, 2020
What We Know So Far About Covid-19 In Our Waters
Image: Jamaica Bay NYC DEP, 2018...
- Apr 10, 2020
News & Updates from SWIM Coalition March 2020
Every month, SWIM issues an E-blast to disseminate important, timely water-quality related information to our members and waterway...
- Feb 24, 2020
Take Action on NYC's Citywide/Open Waters CSO Long Term Control Plan!
Attention waterway stakeholders: Public Comments are due March 2nd for the Citywide/Open Waters CSO Long Term Control Plan which covers...
- Feb 24, 2020
NYC's Citywide/Open Waters CSO Plan Falls Short
At a January 29th public meeting in Long Island City, the NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) presented its proposed plan for...
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