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New York City proceeds with flood protection project in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood

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By Ashad Hajela Verified
| PreventionWeb
[...] Alexa Avilés, the City Council member representing Red Hook, said infrastructure planning is particularly frustrating there. Along with community activists and residents, she argues that the system the city and the federal government use to decide how much money to spend on flood protections is biased against poor communities.
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New York Moves Forward With a Brooklyn Flood Protection Plan That Falls Short of Other City Projects

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By Ashad Hajela Verified
| ProPublica
After a decade of planning, New York City broke ground in September on a $218 million plan to prevent flooding in the portside neighborhood of Red Hook in Brooklyn, even though experts say it will provide inadequate protection from storms. The project also will provide less protection than other city flood prevention projects, including a new $3.5 billion upscale development on the edge of the neighborhood.
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New York City proceeds with flood protection project in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood

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By Ashad Hajela Verified
| New York Amsterdam News Verified
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the New York Amsterdam News. Sign up for Dispatches to get their stories in your inbox every week. After a decade of planning, New York City broke ground in September on a $218 million plan to prevent flooding in the portside Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, even though experts say it will provide inadequate protection from storms.
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