Sunset Park discusses strengthening after Sandy
Nearly 100 Sunset Park residents gathered at Trinity Lutheran Church to discuss waterfront development after Sandy with representatives from New York Citys Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR) on Wednesday, April 24.
The evening was coordinated by grassroots organization UPROSE, which has already been discussing how to combat climate change in the neighborhood for decades.
This is a community that has already been planning. Every development in Sunset Park has to reflect that climate change is here and we have to be prepared for 10, 20 years in the future, explained Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE. We know about resiliency and bouncing back. We are not starting from scratch like other communities. We have been thinking about this for a [long time].