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CISC Produced Map Spearhead of
Mayor Bloomberg's SIRR Announcement

The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC2) Climate Risk Information 2013 Report was released on June 11, 2013 in conjunction with the release of the NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency's (SIRR) report entitled "A Stronger, More Resilient New York." The reports were released by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a press conference on Tuesday June 11 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Work by the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC) is heavily featured in the reports. Hunter College Geography Professor William Solecki and director of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities, is co-chair of the NPCC2 and Lesley Patrick, CISC program manager is the CISC lead of the NPCC2 Technical Team.