Southeast Queens Residents Environmental Justice Coalition, INC.

09/09/2026

Southeast Queens experiences three types of flooding: groundwater, surface water, and sewer backup flooding. These cause extreme, life-threatening situations and significant property damage.

🌧️ Watch the SQREJC FEP today: https://linktr.ee/sqrejc_fep

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SQREJC FEP is a part of Rainproof NYC initiative - Rainproof [Your Community Name].

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09/08/2026

Join SQREJC, The City Sponge, and the Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI) during Climate Week for a free, two-part community workshop series for Southeast Queens Homeowners. In these workshops attendees will learn about indoor and outdoor nature-based flood prevention solutions. See you there!

🗓️ Part 1 Classroom:
September 26, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

🗓️ Part 2 Bus Tour:
Oct 3, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

📍Where: St. Albans Public Library 191-05 Linden Blvd.
RSVP by emailing [email protected]

09/01/2026

“Cost of Flooding” is Part I of the SQREJC Flood Education Project (FEP).

In Part I residents in Jamaica, Hollis, and St. Albans share about their experiences with basement, surface water, and groundwater flooding and the costs associated with that flooding. For many Southeast Queens residents the reoccurrence of flooding over the years due to a high water table has become a source of frustration.

🌧️ Watch the SQREJC FEP today: https://linktr.ee/sqrejc_fep

SQREJC FEP is a part of Rebuild By Design Rainproof NYC initiative - Rainproof [Your Community Name].

08/27/2026

SQREJC is one of the organizations engaged in the Queens Ready project -- a community led project to reduce stormwater flooding.

🌧️ Queens Rain Ready is testing practical, community-led ways to reduce stormwater flooding in three Queens neighborhoods such as cleaning catch basins, planting native and water-absorbing plants, and connecting property owners with green infrastructure opportunities.

Read More: https://pandemicresponse.columbia.edu/pri-invests-in-community-led-resilience-in-queens/

NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute

08/24/2026

📌 The Street Works Earth Festival is less than a month a way! This year SQREJC will be screening it's Flood Education Project at the Street Works Earth Cinema Club.

🤲 Interested in volunteering for the Cinema Club?
Fill out this survey: https://www.street-work.org/news/volunteering-2026-swe
Scroll to select Cinema Club Options.

🌎 About: https://www.street-work.org/earth-fest-about
Date: Sunday, September 20th, 2026
Location: Travers Park/34 Ave in Jackson Heights, Queens

See you there!

08/17/2026

Since July SQREJC along with community members have been outside cleaning catch basins around the area and noting to DEP which catch basins require repair and internal cleaning.

☔☔ Thank you to the young people who have shown up every week on Friday to support this project!

08/11/2026

[TOMORROW] Queens Public Library is hosting "Before New York: A Public Lecture on the Historical Ecology of Queens” with Dr. Eric Sanderson.

Events Details:
Date: Wednesday, August 12th 2026
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30PM
Location: Central Library (89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432)

For Southeast Queens, where environmental challenges intersect with strong community leadership, this lecture offers a meaningful opportunity to connect historical ecology with ongoing work in restoration, education, and environmental justice.

See you there!

08/11/2026

🌎🌎 Queens residents know their neighborhoods best. The Queens Resilience Network, convened by the NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI), is asking people who live, work, learn, or spend time in Queens to take a survey informing the Queens Stoop Index.

The survey will help measure neighborhood strengths, gaps, and priorities across Queens. Take the survey:

Live, work, learn, or spend time in Queens? Take a short survey and add your voice to this community-based measure of neighborhood resilience. Because people in Queens know their neighborhoods best.

07/24/2026

☔ How can the City guard against the consequences of extreme rainfall?

- Establish a comprehensive framework and leadership for "rainproofing" New York City.

- Create a "sponge city" by replacing impervious surfaces with rain gardens, green roofs, urban wetlands, and permeable landscapes that slow down and store stormwater.

- Harden subway infrastructure against flooding.

- Provide incentives for private property owners (homes and businesses) to invest in flood prevention.

- Collaborate with community leaders to strengthen social infrastructure.

Read the full article:

The City can and must guard against the consequences of extreme rainfall.

07/22/2026

📢 Check out the environmental documentary by Gritty Vibes Studios:

People vs Power: The Fight For Addisleigh Park (Environmental Documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8wN7Aqh4aQ

"This film investigates the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) being constructed near homes, specifically in the historic Addisleigh Park section of Queens, New York.

The filmmaker would like to reiterate that he is not opposed to Battery Energy Storage and acknowledges the necessity of moving away from fossil fuels. Instead, his film investigates how the energy transition has played out, and the people who are impacted by systemic decisions. The proximity of the battery sites to residents’ homes and the lack of communication and collaboration are major focuses."

This film investigates the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) be...