by Pat Arnow Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The levees failed. Six years later Hurricane Sandy inundated New York. New York learned nothing from Katrina. The city is building 1950s-style levees, the kind that burst in New Orleans in 2006. These massive construction projects harm our health now and will harm us…
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Interim Flood Protection
Wrecking East River Park can wait, but the Lower East Side and East Village need storm surge barriers for the hurricane season coming up. The East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) plan that would demolish East River Park is likely to be delayed. “In New York City, which was crippled in 2012 by Hurricane Sandy, the…