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2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungyoon Lee ◽  
Laura K. Siebeneck ◽  
Bailey C. Benedict ◽  
Takahiro Yabe ◽  
Caitlyn M. Jarvis ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yoko Nomura ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Yasmin L. Hurd

Abstract The current study investigated 304 children from a longitudinal project (the Stress in Pregnancy (SIP) Study) who were exposed and unexposed to Superstorm Sandy (“Sandy”) in utero. They were prospectively followed from 2 to 6 years of age and their clinical and adaptive behaviors were assessed annually. Using a hierarchical linear model, the study found that in utero Sandy exposure was associated with greater clinical (anxiety, depression, and somatization) and lower adaptive behaviors (social skills and functional communication) at age 2 years. However, the trajectories were notably different between the two groups. Anxiety increased more rapidly among the exposed than unexposed group at ages 2–4, and depression increased only among the exposed. In contrast, social skills and functional communication were lower in exposed compared to unexposed children at age 2, but quickly increased and exceeded the capacities of unexposed children by age 3. The findings confirm that prenatal Sandy exposure is not only associated with an increase in anxiety, depression, and somatization in offspring, but also with greater adaptive skills as the children got older. Our study demonstrates that while children who have experienced stress in utero demonstrate elevated suboptimal clinical behaviors related to affective disorders, they nevertheless have the potential to learn adaptive skills.


2021 ◽  
pp. 227-236
Author(s):  
Ann L. Buttenwieser

This chapter recounts how the State Department of Environmental Conservation allowed the Parks Department to open the Floating Pool Lady at Barretto Point Park in the Bronx on June 27, 2018. It points out the appreciation that the author has received since the floating pool started its voyage, emphasizing how people enjoying and having fun provided proof that creating the swimming facility yielded many accomplishments. It also discusses how the Floating Pool Lady weathered two hurricanes and a formidable rainstorm, such as superstorm Sandy in 2012, which only caused minimal damage. The chapter mentions how children in the Bronx from a recreationally underserved neighborhood no longer have to swim in putrid waters now that the floating pool has become accessible. It notes how the Floating Pool Lady had a seasonal record of nearly fifty thousand swimmers in 2019, despite over twelve inches of rainfall in July and August.


2021 ◽  
pp. 173-226
Author(s):  
Davia C. Downey
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2021 ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Eleanor Stein

This chapter chronicles New York City’s and New York State’s responses to Superstorm Sandy and the climate-change crisis. After the 2012 storm devastated the city and its electricity provider, Consolidated Edison, the author conducted a mediation among the utility, businesses, consumers, and academia. The collaborative approach brought disparate interests together to arrive at a settlement to improve the resilience of the system for future impacts. These included not only anticipating more damaging storms but also planning to rebuild to withstand sea-level rise, extreme heat, and the damage to the most vulnerable neighborhoods.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Bourveau ◽  
Kelvin K. F. Law

This study examines whether disruptive life events affect how analysts assess risk. We exploit the staggered arrival of hurricanes between 1996 and 2009 at analysts' office locations across the United States as a plausibly exogenous shock in the analysts' experience of disruptive life events. We show in a difference-in-differences setting that relative to non-affected analysts, analysts in states affected by hurricanes issue less optimistic forecasts for non-affected firms after hurricanes. The temporary effects are strongest for affected analysts who had never before experienced a hurricane in their office location. The evidence suggests that analysts use the availability heuristic to assess risk. We observe the same effects in recent years, as our analysis based on Superstorm Sandy in 2012 yields similar results. Overall, our evidence indicates that disruptive life events affect analysts' judgments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (9) ◽  
pp. S448
Author(s):  
Jessica Buthmann ◽  
Jackie Finik ◽  
AnaCristina Bedoya ◽  
Yoko Nomura

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