Superstorm resiliency study halted by Trump administration
A decision by the Trump administration to turn off the tap on a storm resiliency study of the New York-New Jersey region isn’t going swimmingly with local lawmakers.
The New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was launched in 2017 to look at ways the region’s shorefront areas could be protected from storm surges in the event of another event like Superstorm Sandy.
But the administration suddenly called a halt to the study last week, a move that angered U.S. Rep. Max Rose, a Democrat representing Southwest Brooklyn and Staten Island.