22 Sep 2020

Army Corps partners with community for first line of coastal defense

Hurricane Isaias stormed up the east coast of the United States in early August, bringing heavy rain and winds up to 85 mph to the shores of flood-prone Port Monmouth, New Jersey. Immediately, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District reached out to the community to find out how they were doing and how its flood risk management project was working. 

1 Jul 2020

Army Corps’ data driven to improve coastal projects

In a hotel conference room on Long Island, New York, a team of experts are processing data and

1 Jul 2020

Army Corps contracting process continues despite Coronavirus Pandemic

For decades, the Rockaway Beach community in the Boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn in New York City

27 Apr 2020

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers comes to the aid of hospitals

To help New York State hospitals deal with this, Army Corps’ New York District volunteers are working 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  They are locating existing buildings that can be converted into these alternate care facilities and then they are designing and constructing them. 

7 Feb 2020

News on tap: New York City Drinking Water

Drinking water safety has been in the news.  A few years ago, the community of Flint, Michigan struggled with lead contamination in its fresh water supply and more recently, residents of Newark, New Jersey experienced the same. What doesn’t always make the headlines are the good things that are occurring concerning the public’s drinking water. 

17 Dec 2019

Hazardous land used during Atomic Age has green future

In 1945, following the United States’ detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, World War II ended and the Atomic Age began. Research on the uses of atomic power also started and the forming of the United States’ Atomic Energy Commission was created to foster this.

13 Dec 2019

Thule Air Base, Arctic - Consistently on top of its game

Not too long ago at Thule Air Base, Greenland located in the Arctic, a change of command ceremony was taking place. Outgoing 821st Air Base Group U.S. Air Force Commander - Col. Mafwa Kuvibidila- passed the flag to her successor Col. Timothy J. Bos.

12 Nov 2019

Army Corps dives into the past, for the future

Here’s how the story goes … Decades ago, there was an active U.S. Army post on Governors Island, in the heart of the New York Harbor in New York City. Military families resided on the island and stories exist of children getting into mischief and rolling cannonballs down a hill. Some possibly making it all the way to the water’s edge and splashing into the harbor.

16 Sep 2019

Army Corps constructs school that’s STEAM teaching tool

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is constructing a new state of the art elementary school at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

16 Jul 2019

Army Corps’ New York District inspires Army Cadets to be engineers

A battle handover is a coordinated operation between two units in a battle that transfers responsibility for fighting an enemy force from one unit to the other, while maintaining continuity of the fight.

1 Nov 2018

Army Corps modernizes USMA Barracks for future leaders

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is renovating Eisenhower Barracks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York as part of the West Point Cadet Barracks Upgrade Program.

25 Sep 2018

GIS: ‘Front page to Puerto Rico Power Mission’ - Hurricane Maria

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District used Geographic Information System (GIS) to assist the Army Corps’ Task Force Power Restoration Mission in Puerto Rico.

16 Jul 2018

California Wildfires: Army Corps rebuilds lives with GIS Technology

Last fall in northern California, blazing wildfires turned lush wine valleys and home developments

26 Apr 2018

Army Corps volunteers leave home to provide one for others: Hurricane Harvey Housing Mission

After Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas last summer, Robert Greco, an engineer with the U.S. Army

17 Apr 2018

Army Academy Barracks Ranks High

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is renovating Pershing Barracks as part of the

31 Oct 2017

New avian life thrives after Hurricane Sandy

This spring, Harry Strano, a wildlife biologist, was walking on the shore in Deal, New Jersey when

27 Jul 2017

Army Corps builds foundation for resiliency

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is working on the Port Monmouth Flood Risk Management Project in New Jersey that will make the Port Monmouth community more resilient during future storm flooding and surge. The project includes an environmentally friendly soil stabilization process that has never been used by the Corps before on a flood risk management project. The process makes the project stronger, improves the community’s quality of life, and saves tax-dollars.

12 May 2017

U.S. Military Academy New Cadet barracks: stands for one of its own

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District constructed a new Cadet Barracks at the U.S. Military Academy West Point.

21 Feb 2017

Study adapts to new coastal flooding reality

A hurricane passes directly over New York City. In just one hour, the harbor rises 13 feet and

6 Oct 2016

Team has Eagle eye on floodplain project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is working with an inter-agency team on a floodplain reclamation project in Walton, New York. This project will improve the floodplain, reduce flooding in the community and protect New York City’s drinking water.