Organizations Voice Concern Over Federal Flooding Plan for NY-NJ Harbor
Environmental Defense Fund
Today a broad group of environmental, civic and environmental justice organizations announced their shared demands for a major overhaul of the $52.6 billion storm surge protection plan proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), calling for a comprehensive approach that addresses multiple flood hazards and prioritizes historically disadvantaged communities in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan region.
More than 25 organizations in New York and New Jersey are calling for critical changes to the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study plan, stating that the Corps’ plan fails to protect environmental justice communities and is myopic, focusing primarily on one type of flooding – coastal storm surge. Their demands center on four primary priorities:
