A decade after Sandy, New York and New Jersey officials are still working on resiliency projects that total billions of dollars.
Across the Hudson River, top New Jersey officials face a never-ending stream of lawsuits filed to block major dune-construction projects. The very waterfront property owners the dunes would protect are suing to instead protect their views.
The New York City comptroller report found that market rate values of real estate in the 100-year floodplain have increased 44 percent since Sandy, to over $176 billion — despite their proven exposure and few new significant resiliency measures. “I’m thinking you must be crazy to rebuild in the exact same spot and hope elevating the house is enough to obviate the risk,” said Andrews. “That said, people are doing it and having great summers.”
Two major projects to provide backup power in the event of the storm have faced setbacks amid opposition from environmental groups because they would rely on burning natural gas. One of the plants is for New Jersey Transit, the state’s main public transit agency that lost power during Sandy, and another is for a wastewater treatment plant that also lost power from the storm and had to dump over 800 million gallons of raw sewage into New York Harbor.
In 2014, New York City codified new standards requiring more resilient construction for buildings in the 100-year floodplain. But only 3.5 percent of structures covered under the rule were built or last altered since the new standards were adopted, according to the city comptroller report.
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