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Excess deaths from recent hurricanes hit 3 NY counties harder than most in U.S.
A new analysis released by Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health also finds wealthy people are more likely to survive a hurricane event.
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Rosemary Misdary
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10 years after Hurricane Sandy hit NYC, memories come flooding back
Ten New Yorkers share their vivid recollections of where they were when Sandy struck, how they rode it out and the lessons they learned from the historic storm.
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Enrico Denard
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George Bodarky
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Coney Island public housing residents sue the city over unresolved Hurricane Sandy-spurred problems
Dozens of residents in Coney Island NYCHA complexes are suing the city over lack of cooking gas caused by a Hurricane Sandy spurred remediation project.
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Michelle Bocanegra
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Coney Island public housing still struggling with repairs, broken cooking gas 10 years after Sandy
Hundreds of families in the O’Dwyer Gardens have been calling for the city to restore cooking gas since construction broke ground on NYCHA’s Resilience and Recovery project in February.
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
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Grading De Blasio: How He Weathered Being The Climate Disaster Mayor
De Blasio achieved success toward making New York City carbon neutral by 2050, but his administration struggled to break ground on its storm surge and sea level rise infrastructure projects.
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Nathan Kensinger
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Photos: NY Begins Construction On $107 Million ‘Living’ Barriers To Fight The City’s Rising Seas
From a 250-foot-long barge moored in Raritan Bay, workers are placing more than 1,100 stone-filled mattresses into the water. They will double as an important habitat for marine species.
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Nathan Kensinger
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Parks Department, Conservationists Release 30-Year Plan To Protect NYC Wetlands
The city’s waterfront is facing a critical moment, as sea levels are expected to begin rising at an accelerated rate.
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Nathan Kensinger
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Eight Years After Sandy Battered The Rockaways, Construction Begins On Six-Mile-Long Resiliency Project
The federally-funded, $336 million project, runs from Far Rockaway to Riis Beach, and is supposed to be completed in 2024.
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Sydney Pereira
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F Train Riders Will Soon Experience Their Version Of The L Train Tunnel Shutdown
The long-expected news was confirmed on Wednesday by an MTA spokesperson, who said that repairs will begin on the tube used by the F train starting early next year.
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Jake Offenhartz
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"Unprecedented and Dangerous": Trump Administration Halts NYC's Most Important Climate Resiliency Study
"Where this leaves us is literally no path forward at the federal level."
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Jake Offenhartz
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