Schumer says feds should make shoreline storm resilient
Wants Southern Brooklyn included in study
A group of elected officials led by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include Southern Brooklyn in any coastal protection projects it recommends in a new study of mitigation and resiliency programs in the New York/New Jersey harbor.
Schumer (D-New York) and U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-Coney Island-Canarsie-Eastern Brooklyn) successfully pushed for passage of an appropriations bill that included federal funding for a New York/New Jersey harbor feasibility study.
The study will examine Sandy-related coastal flooding, test various solutions to prevent flooding in the future and make recommendations on how to alleviate flooding.
What Schumer and Jeffries want now is for Army Corps of Engineers to make sure the study’s recommendations include coastal protection projects for Southern Brooklyn communities like Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Canarsie and Coney Island