Three of the largest climate resiliency projects undertaken by the city in the wake of Hurricane Sandy are nowhere close to completion 10 years after the devastating storm — and a fourth initiative has been canceled altogether even as global warming threatens to exacerbate extreme weather events in the future.
One of the three ongoing post-Sandy projects is “Raised Shorelines,” which was rolled out by ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2016 with an aim to elevate roadways and other infrastructure in low-lying neighborhoods wrecked by coastal flooding during the 2012 hurricane.
But as New Yorkers mark the 10th anniversary of Sandy this weekend, the city has only spent 0.3% of the Raised Shorelines program’s $103 million budget, according to an audit released this month by Comptroller Brad Lander’s office.
As a result, the Raised Shorelines constructions — which cover parts of Queens’ Howard Beach, Mott Basin and Norton Basin; Brooklyn’s Coney Island Creek, Gowanus Canal and Canarsie, as well as Manhattan’s East River Esplanade — aren’t expected to finish until June 2025, according to this year’s capital plan from Mayor Adams’ administration.
According to Lander’s audit, the city has so far spent less than 75% of the $15 billion it received in total in Sandy-related resiliency grants from the federal government.
Adams has defended the pace of the city’s progress, though — both on his watch and under the administrations of de Blasio and Michael Bloomberg.
“Everything was not done perfect, but they were dedicated,” he said earlier this week of his predecessors. “What we need to wrap our heads around is the complexity of some of these projects. We’re not talking about just building a highway or just building a building or just building a wall. We’re going into unknown territory.”
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More tax funded projects to support the rich also the free-loading climate change deniers in places like Staten Island, Breezy point etc.
Not forgetting a state load of free-loading climate change deniers in Florida looking for handouts to rebuild along the coastline.
All the money will "mysteriously" disappear before another hurricane will destroy NYC and kill more Nyers again.
And the politicians in charge will look the other way as usual.
Rain gardens are for commies!
"We’re going into unknown territory.”
A very expensive and not at all "priceless" quote!!
All these rain gardens here are full of dirt and debris. Flowers gone. Trees dead. Full of dog poo bags and stink like urine. Talk about curb appeal when it’s in front of your house. What a trash collector too.
@“ All these rain gardens here are full of dirt and debris. Flowers gone. Trees dead..,”
So why don’t you get off your fat ass and look after it. Don’t expect the government to do everything for you.
Freeloader!
@All these rain gardens here are full of dirt and debris. Flowers gone. Trees dead. Full of dog poo bags and stink like urine. Talk about curb appeal when it’s in front of your house. What a trash collector too.
Yep. And they wondering why they find polio, HIV and other viruses in the sewer systems.
Depopulation 101, don't need clotshots and Covid, thyphoid fever and e-coli will do the job.
Criminal gardens should be their name.
“So get off your fat ass and look at it.. blah blah blah..” a little piece of information to you…it is not the homeowner’s responsibility to take care of it! They have people from the city who tend to it. So there..
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