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Five Years After Sandy, New York’s Hurricane Defenses Are MIA

PROMISES, PROMISES

Multimillion-dollar flood protection systems for New York City were supposed to be in place by 2016. Take a guess at how many are finished.

Josh Robin
Josh Robin
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