Protecting Lower Manhattan, Building the Future

The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Plan will protect NYC from climate change while enhancing the waterfront to include new accessible public open space, resilient ferry terminals, and new stormwater management systems.

NYC is increasingly vulnerable to flooding due to climate change. More intense coastal storms, rising sea levels, and extreme precipitation are already causing flooding across New York City. Lower Manhattan is at the core of New York City’s transportation system and economy. The area is also a cultural hub, attracting millions of visitors, and is a mixed-use center with a growing residential population. To protect the neighborhood, the City is building flood-protection infrastructure, making the city more resilient to climate change and ensuring Lower Manhattan can to better serve generations of New Yorkers and visitors. The FiDi-Seaport Climate Resilience Plan closes the last gap in Lower Manhattan’s defenses against coastal flooding.

New York City is moving the FiDi-Seaport Climate Resilience Plan forward to deliver a 21st-century waterfront that protects Lower Manhattan from flooding and builds the future we want. Since the release of the Master Plan in 2021, NYCEDC and the City have made great progress to turn this ambitious vision into a project ready for implementation: Design has progressed to the 30 percent milestone, allowing the project to begin environmental review, and the City has identified innovative funding and financing strategies to make this plan a reality.