Coastal resiliency project underway (photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)

Update: The City Council approved the Citywide Climate Adaptation Plan legislation on Thursday, October 7.

After Hurricane Ida once again exposed New York City’s vulnerability to major climate events, the New York City Council is set to pass, and Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign, a bill that will mandate the creation of a new “citywide climate adaptation plan.”

The Council will vote on Thursday to approve the legislation, ...

City Council Member Justin Brannan (photo: John McCarten/City Council)

Following the severe destruction across the city from Hurricane Ida, City Council Member Justin Brannan is urging immediate measures to better equip the city to withstand severe storms in the future and “our new climate reality.”

Brannan, a Democrat who chairs the Council’s Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts, appeared recently on

City Council Member Justin Brannan (photo: John McCarten/City Council)

September 16, 2021 - Max Politics Podcast: City Council Member Justin Brannan on Resiliency Oversight & More

City Council Member Justin Brannan, chair of the Council's resiliency and waterfronts committee and a candidate to be the next speaker of the Council, joined the show to discuss his recent oversight hearing and other issues related to resiliency and government effectiveness, as well as his bid for speaker and more.

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 (photo: William Alatriste New York City Council)

Billy Joel’s dystopian vision for New York City, laid out in the very upbeat but equally terrifying “Miami 2017,” is coming true. The lights have indeed gone out on Broadway. Perhaps the only difference is that Queens won’t stay. 

This is New York City in 2019: a near 100-degree heat wave shut down power for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, who then trudged through flooded streets once the high temperatures gave way to torrential

(photo: John McCarten/City Council)

July 24, 2019 - Max & Murphy Podcast: Evaluating the City's Emergency Preparedness

City Council Member Justin Brannan represents parts of southern Brooklyn and is the chair of the newly-created Council Committee on Resiliency & Waterfronts. He joined the show to discuss recent emergencies