Gounardes town hall looks at climate change
MANHATTAN BEACH — State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, whose Senate district includes waterfront areas of Brooklyn that were hit hard by Superstorm Sandy seven years ago, hosted a town hall Monday night focusing on climate change and new laws aimed at mitigating weather-related damage.
Gounardes, a Democrat representing Southwest Brooklyn, invited several experts and representatives of government agencies to his Climate and Resiliency Town Hall at Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach to discuss ways in which the government is working to protect residents from the effects of powerful storm.
Superstorm Sandy, which hit the East Coast on Oct. 29, 2012, left a great deal of damage in its wake, including flooded buildings in parts of Southern Brooklyn like Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach and Gerritsen Beach. Manhattan Beach and Gerritsen Beach are in Gounardes’ district.