Jamaica Bay Community Flood Fellowship Program
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2025)
Jun 20, 2025
Jun 22, 2025
NYSG has launched a flood risk training and networking program in response to requests by Jamaica Bay community members.
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New York City Neighborhood Flood Reports & Website
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2025)
Jun 20, 2025
Jun 22, 2025
NYSG has responded to Queens’ community residents’ requests by launching neighborhood-level flood reporting and a related website.
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Publications: Success Stories
Extension - 2025
May 26, 2025
Jun 23, 2025
Included in this annual review are over 40 summaries of select work conducted by our program's extension specialists and funded researchers to develop and provide stakeholder-driven, science-based information, tools, and other resources that support local communities, businesses, and individuals.
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$2.15M for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment, Economies and Communities
Research - Press Release
Jan 12, 2025
Jun 16, 2025
NYSG has awarded approximately $2.15 million to support 10 research projects, the results of which will directly address multiple high priority community, economic, and environmental objectives.
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New York Sea Grant Research: 2024-26 Projects
Research - News
Sep 01, 2024
May 31, 2025
NYSG has awarded approximately $2.15 million to support 10 research projects, the results of which will directly address multiple high priority community, economic, and environmental objectives.
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On YouTube: Hudson River Community Microplastic Remediation Pilot and Sampling Program
Marine Debris - News
Aug 19, 2024
May 31, 2025
In a New York Sea Grant-funded project, researchers from PolyGone aim to pioneer efforts to advance and pilot new aquatic filtration technology designed to monitor and sequester aquatic microplastics from riverine environments.
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Visualizing Sea-Level Rise with NYC Students
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024)
Aug 13, 2024
Jun 16, 2025
The Resilient Schools Consortium program provides New York City youth with opportunities to better understand and address climate impacts in their neighborhoods.
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MyCoast NY: Engaging Communities to Document Floods and Storm Damage
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024)
Aug 12, 2024
Jun 16, 2025
New York Sea Grant is coordinating a statewide community science program for the public to document and share their experiences with floods, storm damage, and coastal change through photos.
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Bridging Research to Action to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2024)
Aug 10, 2024
Jun 16, 2025
NYSG strives to preserve and restore the health of coastal and aquatic ecosystems through innovative research and collaboration for the benefit of present and future generations.
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On YouTube: MyCoast NY — 2024 Program Updates and Open Forum
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Feb 13, 2024
May 31, 2025
The MyCoast New York portal is used to collect and analyze photos of flooding, changing shorelines, and hazardous weather impacts across New York’s various water bodies.
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Exploring Undersea Habitats, and Conserving Them
Research – News
Aug 17, 2023
May 31, 2025
NYSG-funded researchers from SBU SoMAS used mathematical models to explore and understand undersea habitats, with the aim of conserving them.
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National Wildlife Federation’s Resilient Schools Consortium Program Presented with FEMA Award
Jamaica Bay / NYC - Press Release
May 16, 2023
May 31, 2025
The RiSC program received the award from Federal Emergency Management Agency for its “outstanding efforts to increase risk awareness [and] to help advance equity and inclusion.”
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NY Sea Grant Awarded $5.2+M in Federal Funding to Address Marine Debris
Marine Debris - Press Release
Apr 28, 2023
May 31, 2025
Funding, part of a larger $27M funding effort by NOAA (Sea Grant’s parent organization), supports four projects focusing on ways to reduce plastic and other types of pollution in NYS’s coastal and river waterways.
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In Media: Canarsie Street Team Marks Earth Day with Community Cleanup
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
The afternoon event, for which NYSG provided support, included activities such as storm drain stenciling and rain gardening as a means to build stewardship of catch basins to help prevent flooding and also prevent trash from ending up in Jamaica Bay.
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In Media: New SG Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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On Air: Keeping Track of Coastal Flooding Data? There's an App For That
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to $8.1 million to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s New Statewide Coastal Resilience Funding
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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In Media: Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s Coastal Resilience Funding
Climate - News
Apr 27, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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In Media: A Real-Time Flood Tracker is Expanding to Help New Yorkers During Major Storms
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Apr 23, 2023
May 31, 2025
FloodNet, a collaborative project that includes support from New York Sea Grant, makes information about potentially dangerous flooding and frequent nuisance flooding easily accessible to the people that need it.
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In Photos: NYC's Youth Volunteers Help Sea Grant and Its Partners Celebrate #EarthMonth2023
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Apr 22, 2023
May 31, 2025
The afternoon event, for which NYSG provided support, included activities such as storm drain stenciling and rain gardening as a means to build stewardship of catch basins to help prevent flooding and also prevent trash from ending up in Jamaica Bay.
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Adapted Curriculum Helps Students in NYC Explore Sea Level Rise Past and Future
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 24, 2023
May 31, 2025
NYSG provided scientific expertise to update and enhance a climate-focused curriculum to help NYC area students envision and plan for climate resilience.
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MyCoast New York: Engaging Communities to Document Floods & Storm Damage
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2023)
Mar 24, 2023
May 31, 2025
NYSG is piloting a statewide community science tool that engages New Yorkers in documenting and sharing their experiences with floods, storm damage, and coastal changes through photos.
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New Sea Grant Funding to Shore Up More Statewide Community Engagement in Coastal Resilience
Climate - News
Mar 20, 2023
May 31, 2025
A handful of NYSG projects — Community Flood Watch in NYC, MyCoast NY, and efforts related to natural and nature-based shorelines — will be bolstered and expanded thanks to support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities.
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Envisioning Community Flood Resilience
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Mar 14, 2023
May 31, 2025
A team of researchers published a journal article on the concept of resilience and how to define the term in a way that it can be measured, assessed and promoted in design and policy.
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On YouTube: New York Sea Grant Brings Strategies to COP27 Climate Summit
Climate - News
Mar 14, 2023
May 31, 2025
— By Chris Gonzales, Freelance Science Writer, New York Sea Grant
Contact:
Kathy Bunting-Howarth, NYSG's Associate Director, E: keb264@cornell.edu, P: 607-255-2832
Ithaca, NY, January 13, 2023 - The negative effects of climate change appear all too often in the news media: Across the globe, we’re seeing rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and an increase of disruptive and dangerous storms and wildfires. Damage to buildings, roads, and bridges—and displacemen...
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On YouTube: MyCoast NY — With Images, Community Science Tackles Flooding in New York
Coastal Processes & Hazards - News
Mar 09, 2023
May 31, 2025
Download This: MyCoast NY is an app that can provide you with a way to locally document increasing flood risk and uncertainty
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On YouTube: City Island's Concerns Over Rising Sea Levels
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Dec 09, 2022
May 31, 2025
Explored in this episode of CUNY TV's "DiverseCITY" — What are the concerns over rising sea levels and how it may affect the coastal community?
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On YouTube: Climate Change Impacts on NYC's City Island
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Dec 09, 2022
May 31, 2025
Examined in this episode of BronxTalk are two issues on City Island, a neighborhood in northeastern Bronx in New York City. Those issues are (1) whether there should be a City Island ferry stop and (2) how to protect the historic island’s shorelines from the ongoing effects of climate change.
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Long Island Sound: Outreach Coordinator for NYC and Westchester County
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 15, 2022
May 31, 2025
New York City and Westchester County communities are now assisted by New York Sea Grant’s new Long Island Sound Study Outreach Coordinator.
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Citizen Scientists in New York City Apply Technology to Track Coastal Flooding
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2022)
Aug 14, 2022
May 31, 2025
Flood sensors are providing accurate and precise information about coastal flooding to support resilience building across all five boroughs of New York City.
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2022
Publications - Articles
May 30, 2022
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the Spring 2022 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release this Fall, likely in mid-late November, to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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In Media: As Flooding Becomes the Norm, City Island Residents Take Reins on Resiliency
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
May 30, 2022
May 31, 2025
Nine years after Superstorm Sandy flooded homes and tore the neon lobster from the town’s iconic Lobster House, residents see lack of city intervention as an opportunity. One of the several opportunities highlighted includes the Community Flood Watch project, a partnership with NYSG.
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On YouTube: Fighting the Tide
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
May 30, 2022
May 31, 2025
A multidisciplinary team of researchers—powered in large part by citizen scientists—joins city agencies and other prominent climate organizations on the front lines of urban coastal resilience planning.
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Sea Grant Partners to Promote Upcoming Flushing, NY Climate Meeting
Long Island Sound Study - Press Advisory
May 19, 2022
May 31, 2025
Just ahead of 2022's storm season, Flushing, NY community gathers for Climate Meeting hosted by Sea Grant, Columbia University, and NYC Emergency Management
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Living with Water: Social and Emotional Impacts of Tidal Flooding
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
May 05, 2022
May 31, 2025
A team of researchers has published a paper about the social and emotional impacts of sunny day flooding. Their goal is to better engage local knowledge into adaptation planning.
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New York Stewards Trained to Work on Local Climate Change Projects
Climate - News
Mar 10, 2022
May 31, 2025
The objective of Cornell's Climate Stewards program is to provide research-based, hands-on training to community members who are motivated to work on climate change at the local level.
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NYC Community Flood Watch
Story Maps
Dec 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
In New York City, residents and scientists are working together to understand risk, capture flooding impacts, and brainstorm solutions.
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NYSG Coastal Resilience Law Fellows Program
Story Maps
Dec 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
Check out NYSG's coastal resilience efforts documented for its Law Fellows Program via StoryMaps, immersive products that combine text, interactive maps, and other multimedia content.
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In Media: Sea Grant, Partners Connect with NYC Residents via Flood Watch
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Jul 31, 2021
May 31, 2025
he Community Flood Watch Project began as a way to gather and share standardized information about street-level flooding in New York City.
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New York Coastlines, Spring 2021
Publications - Articles
May 08, 2021
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the Spring 2021 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release over the summer to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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Mayor de Blasio Announces State of Climate Knowledge 2021 Report
NYC - Press Release
Apr 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
First annual report outlines City’s climate research agenda; Will guide future partnerships with academic researchers; NYSG among those commenting.
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In Media: Neighbors Join Effort to Document Flooding
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Apr 18, 2021
May 31, 2025
Over the past decade, residents in neighborhoods surrounding Jamaica Bay have been increasingly encroached on by flooding during high tide on streets that used to stay dry, according to the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay. Enter the Community Flood Watch Project.
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In Media: NYC Experts, Voters Address Environmental Threats
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Apr 18, 2021
May 31, 2025
Katie Graziano, coastal resilience specialist at New York Sea Grant, said rising sea levels and high tide flooding – the regular flooding that comes with a new or full moon – are constant, serious threats.
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In Media: Report Shows Social Impacts of New York City’s “Sunny Day” Flooding
NY Coastlines - News
Apr 18, 2021
May 31, 2025
Highlights from the Winter 2021 issue of the NY Coastlines e-newsletter, New York Sea Grant's flagship publication
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Coastal “Sunny Day” Flooding As Seen Through the Eyes of New York City Residents
Publications: Success Stories - Extension (2021)
Jan 27, 2021
May 31, 2025
Flood Watch program shows that there is no substitute for first-hand stories and on-the-ground experiences for understanding the impacts of coastal flooding
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New York Coastlines, Winter 2021
Publications - Articles
Jan 23, 2021
May 31, 2025
Check out stories from the Winter 2021 issue of our flagship publication, NY Coastlines, and be sure you're on our e-list to receive our next issue, which is slated for release in May to our e-subscribers. We'll send you issues weeks before they're online.
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In Media: The Growing Risk of High Tide Flooding to NYC Communities
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Dec 25, 2020
May 31, 2025
Through a network of volunteers, NYSG and SRIJB's Community Flood Watch Project is documenting and reporting flooding in coastal communities.
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In Media: Green v. Gray - Monitoring Different Shoreline Features Along New York’s Coasts
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Dec 24, 2020
May 31, 2025
Partners and a range of stakeholders have developed and piloted a draft statewide monitoring framework to assess the potential of nature-based features to help coastal communities in the face of rising sea levels.
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In Media: Sea Grant's Flood Watch Engages Residents as Citizen Scientists
Jamaica Bay / NYC - News
Dec 24, 2020
May 31, 2025
NYSG's Coastal Resilience Specialist Katie Graziano works with NYC Mayor's Office of Resilience, Science & Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay. Listen to more in an episode of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE)'s "Extension Out Loud" podcast.
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An Urban Estuary Ready for an Oyster Comeback
Hudson River Estuary / Research - News
Dec 23, 2020
May 31, 2025
Cornell University researchers investigated an extensive surviving population of eastern oysters recently found in the Hudson/Raritan Estuary. New York City's coastal waters once were the center of a booming oyster fishery, but now we have almost none.
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