To protect a community from climate change, New York is elevating a park (homes)

[Aeran]

Yeah. I watched a Netflix or was it a PBS documentary about Superstorm Sandy and in the doc, the Netherlands was touted as having the best flood protection system in the world but the Netherlands coastline is also 1/3 of NYC's coastline. Yeah, we're very vulnerable to any kind of major storm. I'm glad to hear that at least there's some kind of plan in the works in anticipation for the next storm which will eventually come.

https://www.amny.com/news/to-protect...vating-a-park/

Superstorm Sandy flooded lower Manhattan in 2012 with nearly 5 feet (1.5 m) of water, swamping the city’s subway and destroying homes and businesses. The storm and its aftermath were a wake-up call that New York City was not immune from the more severe storms and rising sea levels caused by climate change.

To protect lower Manhattan, the city has broken ground on a $1.45 billion project to install 2.4 miles (3.9 km) of flood walls, flood gates and other barriers along the East River.

The project also includes razing the waterside East River Park and covering it with enough dirt to raise the entire park by 8 to 10 feet (2.4 to 3 meters). The city will plant 2,000 trees to improve air and water quality, after cutting down 1,000 for the project.

Some residents have protested the plan, saying it causes too much harm and costs too much for the protection it would provide.

The East Side Coastal Resiliency Project should be done in 2025 and is part of a $20 billion plan to protect all of lower Manhattan from rising water. With 520 miles of coastline in New York City, protecting the city from storm surge is a monumental task.

Bavishi said, “People often point to the Netherlands. The Netherlands only has a third of the coastline in the entire country that New York City has in our city… We’re doing this in a very constrained geography.”

[Mr.Retired]

Response: Opinion

The landscape of New York City is forever changing.
New Jersey may have lost a lot of its shore line and
that sand had to go somewhere. Breezy Point picked
up that much more.

Protecting our shorelines is of utmost importance.
We can make natural reefs by leveling all abandoned properties
and depositing the rubble all along New York City's Coast Line.

A clean slate to build affordable and dependable housing for all
and a much needed and protected coast line.

We can start with N.Y.C.H.A....