Big news for NYC's pursuit of urban resilience and CUNY! Not only will there be a research institute run by CUNY, and first housed at Brooklyn College (!), but a Jamaica Bay conservancy has been founded (ala Central Park conservancy) and there is an "ideas competition" being run by the Dept of Interior (Federal) which is a new twist because they other idea competitions are run bu the city (NYC EDC or HPD). Although maybe HUD Is running one as well now. In any case, i only found out recently the Bloomberg's vision for Jamaica Bay is not to "develop" it but to make it into a tourist destination/preserve/research site. More comments to come, but for now, I am very proud of my BC and CUNY colleagues for working over the last two years or so to pull this together--twas amazingly complictadd because of all the organizations and juridisdictions involved, especially state, local and federal, and parks.
New Top-Tier Research Institute, Conservancy Coming to Jamaica Bay - Rockaway Beach - DNAinfo.com New York
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