City to study post-Sandy communications structure
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, there were widespread outages in phone, Internet and cable services that prevented victims from getting in touch with their family members or 911, according to Councilmember Mark Treyger, who said the City Council has passed a bill he introduced to prevent such a breakdown from happening again.
Treyger, chair of the Committee on Recovery and Resiliency, said his legislation mandates that the New York City Climate Change Adaptation Task Force evaluate the effects of climate change on the city’s telecommunications infrastructure. The task force was created by then-mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2008.
The council passed Treyger’s bill on July 23.