Nearly 10 years after Superstorm Sandy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released details of a coastal resiliency plan that can affect New York City in the coming decade. HannahKliger has the details.
It's also a Superfund site. Elkins says the water can get very narrow and stagnant.
Many activists also say they'd like to see more natural flood protection measures in these resiliency plans to help these waterfronts recover from more than a century of industrial use and pollution. "There's problems with sewage accumulating behind them and it ultimately impacting water quality," she says.
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