ACRONYMS

ACRONYM	DEFINITION
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