April 5, 2024

Landmark Report Accompanied by Interactive Mapping Tool That Allows New Yorkers to Identify Environmental Hazards in Their Communities

City’s First-Ever Flood Vulnerability Index Enriches our Understanding of Coastal Flooding, Illustrated in Mapping Tool

NEW YORK—The New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) today released the Environmental Justice NYC (EJNYC) Report, the city’s first comprehensive study on systemic environmental inequity across all five boroughs, and the EJNYC Mapping Tool, the city’s first-ever interactive online resource that provides policymakers, community leaders, and everyday New Yorkers with detailed analysis of the environmental hazards in their own neighborhoods. The new report and mapping tool are another significant step in the Adams administration’s efforts to embed environmental justice into the city’s climate work. They both utilize the first-ever Flood Vulnerability Index (FVI) for New York City, which was developed by a team of researchers for MOCEJ, to aid in the office’s ongoing efforts to identify communities most vulnerable to coastal flooding.

Read the full Mayor's Office of Climate & Environmental Justice Press Release.