Press Coverage

2026

• FloodNet NYC Reaches 400 Sensors, Providing Citywide View of Street-Level Flooding, NYU Tandon 

• New Jersey Hazard Mitigation Experts Push to Treat Information and Data as Critical Infrastructure, Fors Marsh

• NYC is bracing for a Memorial Day weekend storm that could bring flooding and dangerous conditions, SI Live

• Mayor Mamdani Mobilizes City Government to Prepare New Yorkers for Rainy Holiday Weekend, NYC.gov

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2025

• Mayor Adams and NYC DEP Delivered Historic Progress on Climate Resilience, Infrastructure | City of New York, NYC DEP

• Flood sensors help NYC residents stay out of dangerous waters, Yale Climate Connections

• Brooklyn, Manhattan neighborhoods devastated by deadly flash floods, Pix 11

• Network of flood sensors monitor flooding in New York City in real time | Latest Weather Clips, Fox Weather

• 2 Men Die in Basement Flooding as Sudden Downpour Hits New York Area, New York Times

• The Street-Corner Sensors That Track Flooding in Real Time, New York Times

• Heavy Rain Again Scrambles Commute for NYC, But City Escapes Forecast’s Worst, The City

• Travel Delays Pile Up on the East Coast as Widespread Storms Move Through, New York Times

• New York City's flood sensors inspire global networks to monitor street-level flooding, NYU Tandon

• Floodnet NYC Goes International, CUNY Graduate Center

• FloodNet: NYC Flood Monitoring Network as a Global Public Resource, CUNY Research In Focus

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2024

• Brooklyn College Highlights FloodNet at Climate Week Workshop, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

• Mayor Adams Announces Next Generation of New York City’s Investments in Flood Prevention and Prepara, NYC Office of the Mayor

• Creating Hyper-Local Flood Impact Teams, The City Sponge

• Is New York City Ready for Rain?, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander

• Rising Tides, Rising Data: FloodNet’s Pivotal Role in New York City’s Flood Resilience | Waterfront Alliance, WaterWire

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2023

• Flood and rainfall maps show how NYC area was affected by overnight storm, Gothamist

• Staten Island residents lobby to be part of NYC flood protection program, SIlive.com

• Here’s how special sensors along NYC streets are monitoring flood events across the 5 boroughs, SIlive.com

• Rain sensors have been installed in certain parts of City Island in the Bronx to help assess flooding dangers, PIX11 News

• Sensors installed on City Island as part of larger NYC effort to address flood-prone areas, Bronx Times

• FloodNet: the first-ever New York City flood-monitoring network, City & State New York

• Why it rained so hard Friday: Ophelia returned to hit NYC with an Ida-level storm, Gothamist

• TRACKING LOCAL FLASH FLOOD LEVELS IN NYC, Untapped New York

• While NYC Is Paralyzed by Flooding, the Mayor Is Once Again Playing Catch Up, Hell Gate NYC

• FloodNet – New York’s flood sensor network, Adafruit

• How To Prepare For Floods, BronxNet

• Are New Yorkers safe in extreme rain? These neighborhoods have new sewers, but much work left in mayor’s plan, SI Live

• Opinion: A smart city is an equitable city, City & State New York 

• Battle for Safe and Legal Basement Apartments, NBC New York

• New York City expanding FloodNet sensors in flood-prone neighborhoods, like Hamilton Beach, Queens, CBS New York 

• A real-time flood tracker is expanding to help New Yorkers during major storms, Gothamist

• Rockaway Slated For New Flood Sensors, The Wave

• Mayor Adams Announces Construction of new Cloudburst Resiliency Projects to Better Manage Intense Rainfall Events in Flood-Prone Neighborhoods, NYC.gov

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2022

• https://go.discovery.com/video/brink-of-disaster-discovery-atve-us/new-york-superstorms, Discovery Channel

• Five Ways to Prevent the Next Sandy, NYTimes

• A Decade After Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers Still Fear the Rain, NYTimes

• NYU is building an ultrasonic flood sensor network in New York's Gowanus neighborhood, Engadget

• New technology could improve NYC response, preparedness for future floods, News 12 - The Bronx

• Dashboard showing real-time street flooding data is now live, Spectrum NY1

• Dashboard, sensors report real-time data on city flooding, GCN

• New public online website tool reports street-level flooding in real time, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

• New online tool helps agencies know where flood waters are rising, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

• One year after Hurricane Ida, NYC updates its water infrastructure in the hopes of preventing another tragedy, Archinect News

• New data dashboard reporting street-level flooding in NYC gives real-time information on rising waters, Phys.org

• 1 year after Ida, New York City to build 2,000 new rain gardens, install flood sensors citywide, CBS New York

• Mayor Adams, DEP Honor First Anniversary of Hurricane Ida, Announce Suite of Stormwater Infrastructure Initiatives to Make NYC More Resilient to Intense Rainfall, City New York

• New data dashboard reporting street-level flooding in NYC gives government, responders, the public, and researchers real-time information on rising waters, NYU Tandon

• New data dashboard reporting flooding in NYC gives real-time information on rising waters, Smart Water Magazine

• Flood sensor project will offer city real-time data as storms intensify, Spectrum NY1

• NYU Tandon's Sustainable Engineering Initiative Addresses the Interwoven Environmental Challenges, AZ o Clean Tech

• Novel initiative at NYU Tandon to take a multi-faceted approach to confronting environmental challenges, Scienmag

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2021

• Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution, IEEE Spectrum

• Fighting the Tide, Brooklyn College Magazine

• Big Apple launches city wide flood monitoring scheme, Emerging Risks

• Flooding shows risks to city posed by increasing storm deluges, Spectrum NY1

• Data Project May Drive Policy for Hyperlocal Flooding in NYC, Government Technology 

• Using Solar-Powered Flood Monitoring Systems to Make New York City Safer, Morning Star Corp.