‘We screwed up the planet’
Boro President Adams talks climate resiliency, fl ood mitigation
BY HARRY PARKER
In response to the growing
climate crisis, Brooklyn
Borough President and Democratic
nominee for mayor
Eric Adams on Sept. 24 unveiled
his new Climate Resiliency
Plan in Coney Island —
a month after the remnants of
Hurricane Ida fl ooded swaths
of the city.
“Let’s face it, we screwed
up the planet. Folks, climate
change is here,” said Adams.
“We are facing a series of issues
that are impacting the
quality of life. It’s impacting
our health, it’s impacting our
public safety.”
Adams’ plan is meant to
prepare the city for the effects
of climate change, which are
now inevitable, according to
an expert who joined Adams
at the rally.
“What we are experiencing
is actually the early response
of the Earth to the
current levels of carbon dioxide,”
said Cortney Koenig
Worrall, president and CEO
of the Waterfront Alliance.
“What that means is that
things are going to get worse.
All of us need to understand
that what we are seeing right
now is the best weather that
we’re going to have.”
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Details of the plan include
an early warning for extreme
weather events, as well as a
storm severity ranking for
the City’s Offi ce of Emergency
Management (OEM)
that defi nes which agencies
are deployed during crises.
Other planks of the platform
include a public education
campaign about storm
and fl ood risk; bringing basement
apartments into compliance
with City codes and
regulations to ensure the
safety of residents; developing
a climate resilience retrofi
t incentive program; developing
a climate resilience
retrofi t.
Other planks include appointing
a climate resilience
czar; the fast-tracking of developed
but unfunded resiliency
projects at NYCHA developments;
a climate stress
test of the city’s infrastructure;
and the evaluation of
neighborhoods most at risk
to fl ooding.
The choice of Coney Island
as the event’s location was
made evident by the inclusion
of initiatives that look to
improve climate infrastructure
to protect against fl ooding
and rising sea levels,
which include investments
in waterfront areas like Coney
Island.
“Coming from a community
that was hard hit by
Sandy, I’m pleased that climate
change has become a
kitchen table conversation,”
said Pamela Pettyjohn, President
of Coney Island Beautifi
cation Project. “Lessons
learned from Superstorm
Sandy has taught us that we
must be proactive as we face
a world that is poised to be affected
by the negative effects
of climate change.”
Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president and Democratic candidate for
New York City Mayor, speaks during a news conference outside Brooklyn
Borough Hall. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
“We are facing a
series of issues that
are impacting the
quality of life. It’s
impacting our health,
it’s impacting our
public safety.”
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