Nine years after Hurricane Sandy, residents of Lower Manhattan are still vulnerable to rising seas. The fight over a plan to protect them reveals why progress on our most critical challenges is so hard.
Source: New York Times
After Hurricane Sandy, a Park in Lower Manhattan at the Center of a Fight
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