ACRONYMS
ACRONYM | DEFINITION |
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AAMA | American Architectural Manufacturers Association |
ACS | American Community Survey |
ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act |
AIA | American Institute of Architects |
AQI | Air Quality Index |
ARC | American Red Cross |
ASCE | American Civil Engineers |
ASOS | Automated Surface Observing System |
AWS | Advance Warning System |
BCA | Benefit Cost Analysis |
BID | Business Improvement District |
BIG | Brownfield Incentive Grant |
BIN | Building Identification Number |
BFE | Base Flood Elevation |
BSL | Biological Safety Levels |
BWS | New York City Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations |
CAU | New York City Community Affairs Unit |
CBRA | Coastal Barrier Resource Act |
CBRN | Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear |
CBS | Chemical Bulk Storage |
CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
CD | Community District |
CDBG | Community Development Block Grant |
CDBG-DR | Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
CEHA | Coastal Erosion Hazard Area |
CEQR | City Environmental Quality Review |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
CERT | Community Emergency Response Team |
CHASP | Citywide Health and Safety Plan |
CIMS | Citywide Incident Management Systems |
COAD | Community Organizations Active in Disaster |
Con ED | Consolidated Edison |
COOP | Continuity of Operations |
CPC | New York City Planning Commission |
CSO | Combined Sewer Overflow |
CSP | Coastal Storm Plan |
CTL | City Tax Levy |
CTP | Coordinated Technical Partnership |
CUNY | City University of New York |
DCAS | New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services |
DCP | New York City Department of City Planning |
DDC | New York City Department of Design and Construction |
DDoS | Distributed Denial of Service |
DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
DEP | New York City Department Environmental Protection |
DERTA | NYC DEP Division of Emergency Response and Technical Assessment |
DFE | Design Flood Elevation |
DG | Distributed Generation |
DMA 2000 | Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 |
DBIR | Data Breach Investigation Report |
DNS | Domain Name System |
DOB | New York City Department of Buildings |
DOC | New York City Department of Corrections |
DOE | New York City Department of Education |
DOF | New York City Department of Finance |
DOHMH | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
DOI | New York City Department of Investigation |
DoITT | New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications |
DOT | New York City Department of Transportation |
DR | Disaster Declaration Number |
DSNY | New York City Department of Sanitation |
DSS | New York City Department of Social Services |
ED | Emergency Department |
EDC | New York City Economic Development Corporation |
EDR | Electrical Distribution Room |
EF-Scale | Enhanced Fujita Scale |
EM | Emergency Declaration Number |
EMS | Emergency Medical Services |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPCRA | Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act |
EPIC | Environmental Project Information Center |
FAA | United States Federal Emergency Agency |
FAST | Financial Assistance Search Tool |
FDNY | New York City Fire Department |
FDOC | Fire Department Operations Center |
FEMA | United States Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FEMA-PA | Public Assistance |
FEMA-IA | Individual Assistance |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
FIRM | Federal Insurance Rate Maps |
FMA | Flood Mitigation Assistance |
FRA | United States Federal Railroad Administration |
F-Scale | Fujita Scale |
FTA | United States Federal Transportation Administration |
FTA-ER | Emergency Relief Program |
FY | Fiscal Year |
GBS | General Building Stock |
GCF | General Capital Funding |
GIGP | Green Infrastructure Grant Program |
GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
GRASP | Grassroots Research to Action in Sunset Park |
GSAPP | Columbia University's Graduate School for Architecture, Planning, and Preservation |
GWB | George Washington Bridge |
H+H | New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
H&H | Hydrological/Hydraulic |
HAZMAT | Hazardous Materials |
HAZUS-MH | Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard |
HEAP | Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) |
HI | Heat Index |
HMC | Hazard Mitigation Coordinator |
HMGP | Hazard Mitigation Grant Program |
HMP | Hazard Mitigation Plan |
HPD | New York City Housing and Preservation Development |
HRO | Housing Recovery Office |
HVAC | Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
HVI | Heat Vulnerability Index |
ICC | International Code Council |
ICS | Incident Command Structure |
IHWDS | Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Site |
ITS | Intelligent Transportation System |
IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
JFK | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Airport |
JRA | Jurisdictional Risk Assessment |
LEPC | Local Emergency Planning Committee |
LGA | LaGuardia Airport |
LIDAR | Light Detection and Ranging |
LDC | Local Development Corporation |
LPC | New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |
MapPLUTO | Property Land Use Tax Lot Output |
MCEER | Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering |
MDC | Manhattan Detention Center |
MERS-CoV | Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus |
MEOW | Maximum Envelope of Water |
MHHW | Mean Higher High Water |
MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water |
MMI | Modified Mercalli Intensity |
MNR | Metro-North Railroad (MTA) |
MOM | Maximum of MEOWs |
MOPD | Mayor's Office of People with Disabilities |
MOR | Mayor's Office of Resiliency |
MOSF | Major Oil Storage Facility |
MTA | Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
N/A | Not Applicable |
NEHRP | National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program |
NESIS | Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale |
NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program |
NHC | National Hurricane Center |
NJT | New Jersey Transit |
NOAA | United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPFA | National Protective Feature Areas |
NPCC | New York City Panel on Climate Change |
NPSDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NPS | National Park Service |
NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
NRDC | Natural Resources Defense Council |
NRE | Natural Resource Enhancement |
NWS | National Weather Service |
NYC | New York City |
NYC3 | New York City Cyber Command |
NYCCAS | New York City Community Air Survey |
NYCEM | New York City Emergency Management |
NYCHA | New York City Housing Authority |
NYCT | New York City Transit |
NYCWiN | New York City Wireless Network |
NYLB | New York Liquidation Bureau |
NYPA | New York Power Authority |
NYPD | New York City Police Department |
NYS | New York State |
NYS DEC | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
NYS DHCR | New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal |
NYS DHSES | New York State Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services |
NYS DOH | New York State Department of Health |
NYS DOT | New York State Department of Transportation |
NYSERDA | New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
NYSOHS | New York State Office of Homeland Security |
NYSGS | New York State Geological Survey |
NYS HMP | New York State Hazard Mitigation Plan |
NYSOTDA | New York State Department of Temporary and Disability Assistance |
OCME | New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
OER | Mayor's Office of Environmental Remediation |
OMB | Mayor's Office of Management and Budget |
PANYNJ | Port Authority of New York and New Jersety |
PATH | Port Authority Trans-Hudson |
PBS | Petroleum Bulk Storage |
PDC | Public Design Commission |
PDM | Pre-Disaster Mitigation |
PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
PFA | Psychological First Aid |
PGA | Peak Ground Acceleration |
PHL | Public Health Laboratory |
PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
PSC | New York State Public Service Commission |
PSEG | Public Service Electric and Gas Company |
RBIS | Risk Based Inspection System |
RDD | Radiological Dispersal Device |
RED | Radiological Exposure Device |
REDC | Regional Economic Development Corporation |
RFC | Repetitive Flood Claims |
ROW | Right-of-way |
RTK | Community Right-to-Know Law |
SA | Spectral Acceleration |
SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SBS | New York City Small Business Services |
SCA | School Construction Authority |
SFHA | Special Flood Hazard Area |
SHA | Structural Hazard Areas |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
SLOSH | Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes Model |
SNAG | Special Needs Advisory Group |
SPDES | State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
SRL | Severe Repetitive Loss |
StarLIMS | State-of-the-art Laboratory Information Management System |
STEP | Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power |
STAPLEE | Social, Technical, Administrative, Political, Legal, Economic, Environmental |
TAP | Transportation Alternatives Program |
TBD | To Be Determined |
TEP | Transportation Enhancement Program |
TIC | Toxic Industrial Chemicals |
TSGP | Transit Security Grant Program |
UASI | Urban Area Security Initiative |
ULURP | Uniform Land Use Review Procedure |
USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
USAR | Urban Search and Rescue |
USCG | United States Coast Guard |
USDA EWPP | U.S. Department of Agriculture Emergency Watershed Protection Program |
USDHS | United States Department of Homeland Security |
USDOE | United States Department of Energy |
USGS | Untied States Geological Survey |
UAWG | Urban Area Working Group |
UWAS | Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies |
VCBC | Vernon C. Bain Center |
VOIP | Voice Over Internet Protocol |
VOAD | Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters |
WRP | Waterfront Revitalization Program |
WTC | World Trade Center |