Q&A
NYCHA's approach to future weather patterns and events
1:46:49
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44 sec
Council Member Chris Banks asks how NYCHA is accounting for future changing weather patterns and potential weather events at its developments. Siobhan Watson explains NYCHA's approach.
- NYCHA is incorporating resiliency measures through disaster recovery work
- The agency conducts scoping studies to identify potential future challenges
- NYCHA aims to incorporate protection against storms and other weather events into ongoing work
- The approach is connected to the previously mentioned resiliency and stormwater management projects
Chris Banks
1:46:49
How is NYCHA specifically accounting for future changing weather patterns and potential weather events at its developments?
Siobhan Watson
1:46:59
Sure.
1:46:59
So, a lot of it does relate to that work that I was just mentioning where we are incorporating resiliency measures into implementing resiliency measures through disaster recovery work as well as doing scoping studies to identify where we may have additional challenges in the future and where we need to incorporate protection against storms and other weather events into the work that we are doing.
Chris Banks
1:47:32
Thank you.
