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What Makes a City Resilient?

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That shift, in the wake of increasingly unpredictable events, was shaped in part by the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities program , a six-year, $160 million effort to establish chief resilience officers in cities all over the world.

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Austin becomes largest city in the U.S. to dump parking requirements

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Austin on Thursday became the largest city in the country to stop requiring new developments to have a set amount of parking — a move aimed at both fighting climate change and spurring more housing construction amid the city’s affordability crisis. In 2019, the L.A.

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NYC public school students are pushing the city for greener school buildings

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New York City teens have launched an initiative, born out of a 2019 citywide climate walkout , to urge Mayor Adams to "speed up plans to retrofit school buildings to make them safer, healthier, and more climate-friendly."

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Detroit pitches solar energy plan targeting vacant land across the city

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A new plan Mayor Mike Duggan is pitching would fill vacant land in the city, provide clean energy for the city, and give money back to community groups. The plan puts the Motor City squarely in line with Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles , and New York, whose attempt to power 250,000 homes by 2030 is still lagging.

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NYC construction workers injured at the site of architect Erica Tishman's 2019 death as concerns mount

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A collapsing floor injured two workers Monday at a midtown office building where falling exterior work killed a prominent architect in 2019. The accident at 729 Seventh Avenue happened just before 10 a.m. During active demolition work on the 18th floor, part of the floor collapsed, sending two workers dropping to the 17th floor.

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New York City's congestion pricing program receives federal approval

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Congestion pricing in New York City has cleared its final federal hurdle, officials said on Monday, all but ensuring that the first such program in the nation will begin next year with the aim of reducing traffic and pollution in Manhattan and funding improvements to mass transit.

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New York City sues Steven Holl Architects over inaccessible Hunters Point Library design

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New York City is suing the architects behind the Hunters Point Library for tens of millions of dollars over portions of the structure not being accessible to people with handicaps, in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. [.] The city’s lawsuit was filed May 17 in state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

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