Projects by Frank Gehry and Jean Nouvel, as well as ongoing work at the World Trade Center site, were inundated by the storm surge that accompanied Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Sandy exceeded officials’ worst fears and dealt a knock-out punch to New York City’s century-old-plus-infrastructure, leaving an unprecedented 800,000 customers without power and millions more without public transportation for what could be weeks.
A landmark agreement between the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation and the New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection has green-lighted $3.8 billion in funding over the next 18 years to address combined-sewer overflows, or CSOs.