Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan

The New York City Economic Development Corporation and Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency released the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan in December 2021. The plan reimagines the Lower Manhattan shoreline and creates a resilient waterfront to withstand severe coastal storms and rising sea levels. The FiDi-Seaport Plan covers nearly one mile of East River shoreline from just south of the Brooklyn Bridge to the Battery, including South Street Seaport and the Wall Street Financial District, extending out to the pierhead line. AKRF is part of a multidisciplinary team assisting NYCEDC in this master planning effort. Our firm has supported the regulatory and permitting process and developed and implemented an aquatic resource sampling program for plankton, fish, and sediment and water quality within the East River study area in consultation with state and federal regulatory and resource agencies.