Case Studies

New York State is experiencing climate impacts now. With these impacts come stories of consequences and challenges, as well as stories of action and adaptation.

The assessment case studies feature stories of how these climate impacts are affecting people and places statewide and the actions underway to adapt. Each assessment sector has a collection of related case studies developed by the technical workgroups. Some case studies have a regional focus and others have statewide relevance. Many case studies touch on several climate impacts and cut across multiple sectors. Refer to the list of sectors below to see the associated case studies.

• A Tale of Two Dairies: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation on Large and Small Dairy Farms in New York State
• Climate Change Threatens Apple Production, but It Is Not Too Late to Adapt
• Growing on Rooftops: How One Urban Farm Is Adapting to Climate Change
• Investing to Adapt to the Uncertainties and Extremes of Climate Change in Field Crop Production
• Shinnecock Nation Marine and Land Farming Adaptations
• Taking a Proactive Approach to Climate Change to Preserve Seven Generations of Grape Growing and Wine Making in the Finger Lakes

• Attainable Solutions for Single-Family Resilience: The Hurricane-Strong Home in Breezy Point, Queens
• Flood Buyouts, Restoration, and Relocation for Community Resilience in Rural New York State
• Heat Stress Relief in New York State Dairy Farming
• Post-Sandy Retrofit of a Tenement on the Lower East Side: A Multifamily Perspective
• Preparing for “the Next Sandy”: Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy’s Impact on New York Public Housing and the Red Hook Community
• Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Hospital Floodwall Retrofit in the Southern Tier
• Resilient Schools Post-Sandy: Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Strategies in New York City

• American Lobster and Blue Crab: Changing Water Temperatures, Changing Populations.
• Climate Change Gives Devastating Hemlock Pest Six Legs Up in New York State
• Connecting the Dots: Local and Regional Efforts to Facilitate Habitat Continuity in a Changing Climate
• Harmful Algal Blooms on the Rise in New York State
• Rising Tides, Rising to the Challenge: Shinnecock Indian Nation

• Con Edison’s Resilience Journey: Adaptation Planning for a Changing Climate
• From Disastrous Delays in Extreme Weather to Resilient Energy-Efficient Emergency Operations: Rebuilding the New Paltz Firehouse Through Community-Driven Commitment
• Innovative Housing Microgrid for Community Resilience at Marcus Garvey Village
• Preparing for “the Next Sandy”: Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy’s Impact on New York Public Housing and the Red Hook Community
• Urban Heat Islands and Energy Inequality in Syracuse, New York

• Housing Policy, Climate Change, and Health
• Hurricane Ida: Flooded Basements Reveal Hidden Inequities
• Municipalities Across New York State Respond as Extreme Heat Threatens Lives
• Preparing for “the Next Sandy”: Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy’s Impact on New York Public Housing and the Red Hook Community

• Four-Season Tourism as an Economic Adaptation: The Adirondacks as a New Cycling Destination
• Hurricane Ida and Extreme Rainfall in New York City: Uneven Vulnerabilities
• It Takes a Village: How the Village of Sodus Point Is Adapting to Variable Water Levels
• Preparing for “the Next Sandy”: Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy’s Impact on New York Public Housing and the Red Hook Community
• Small Museums Are Vulnerable but May Not Have the Resources to Cope: The Walter Elwood Museum and Hurricane Irene
• Sustainable Site Remediation and Climate Change Adaptation: A Matter of Equity and Environmental Justice for Buffalo’s Delavan-Grider Neighborhood

• 2014 Lake-Effect Snowstorms Kick Off Decade of Disaster
• Of Infrastructure and Inundation: A Tale of Adaptation Along Sauquoit Creek
• Preparing for “the Next Sandy”: Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy’s Impact on New York Public Housing and the Red Hook Community

• Collaborative Approaches to Water Management in a Changing Climate in the Delaware River Basin
• Collaborative Resilience Planning in the Adirondacks’ Ausable River Watershed
• Exploring Paths to Long-Term Resilience: Evolving Options for Protecting the City of Kingston’s Wastewater Treatment Plant from Rising Waters