Matthew Schuerman

It's areas of Staten Island, southeastern Queens and southern Brooklyn that are lacking parks.

Welcome to the new beach season in the Rockaways. But beware the backhoes.

Neighborhood green spaces need more money. Should the city take it from better-funded parks?

Europeans may build levees higher, but doing so comes at a cost.

A new neighborhood built on landfill in the East River would withstand a "100-year flood." But is that enough?

Human-induced climate change is already having an impact on weather.

A proposal would let Washington fund resiliency ideas from areas across the country based on merit, not need.

Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia said the proposed East 91 St. Marine Transfer Station was moving forward, but she's ready to meet with opponents of the plan.

The mayor says by summer's end, the city will start reconstruction on hundreds of homes that were destroyed during Sandy.

A program popular with Staten Islanders and environmentalists reaches the end of the road.

Homeowners aren't the only ones waiting for the city to hand out federal aid.

An environmental group says FEMA's flood maps underestimated the extent of the storm's impact, affecting more than 300,000 New Yorkers.

Homeowners are feeling frustrated with delays in the Buy it Back program, 10 months after it began accepting applications and 17 months after Sandy hit.

Under Mayor de Blasio's new health commissioner, soda is still OUT. So what else is new? Listening to people, instead of dictating.

The private beach community on Rockaway Peninsula has found a way to avoid opening up its beaches to the public.

The agency's high on-time performance rating helped make Westchester attractive, but it became the railroad's Achilles' heel.

It's a relief to some, but delivery workers say old-fashioned pedal power isn't enough.

Secretary Donovan says problems with Build it Back have to do with the way the city designed the program, not regulations.

More than a year after Superstorm Sandy devastated parts of New York City, not a single home here has been rebuilt or repaired with housing aid provided by the U.S. Department of Hous...

About 16 months after the storm, federal HUD aid has failed to rebuild even one house in New York City. De Blasio promises (again) a full review of the Build it Back program.