N.Y. Comptroller Stringer Condemns U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Plans for Offshore Storm Barriers
January 18, 2020
January 18, 2020
NEW YORK, Jan. 18 -- New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer issued the following news release:
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- Comptroller objects to storm barriers which would not protect against sea level rise and could risk the health of New York Harbor
- Letter follows Comptroller's report in May 2019 that showed the City's property value along the 100-year floodplain is $101.5 billion -- a 70 percent increase since 2010
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New York City Compt . . .
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- Comptroller objects to storm barriers which would not protect against sea level rise and could risk the health of New York Harbor
- Letter follows Comptroller's report in May 2019 that showed the City's property value along the 100-year floodplain is $101.5 billion -- a 70 percent increase since 2010
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New York City Compt . . .