Citing the danger of climate change and the new New York city mayor Michael bloomberg on Tuesday what sandy hurricane damage
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Is called a sweeping the floor at $19.5 billion, will include new coastal protection and division code of the city, as well as the new standard of telecom and fuel supply.
Bloomberg brooklyn navy yard said at a news conference: "I firmly believe that we have to prepare what scientists say is possible,".
The initiative then released a 400 - page report entitled "the New York of a stronger, more resilient." Is the mayor's special initiative to rebuild and restore function, after the launch, sandy to assess the impact of climate change in cities of the country's largest production report.
Sandy, lasted for 43 new yorkers, countless people have been displaced in the life, when it attacks last October city, cost an estimated $1.9 billion of damage and economic loss. Hurricane has brought a record 14 feet of storm surge, in lower Manhattan, which destroy families and businesses Rockaways staten island, there are a lot of still in recovery block.
"Sandy, future storms are likely to become more serious," bloomberg warned. "In fact, because the air temperature and sea level rise, even if it is not as big as sandy storm, went down the road, and even more damaging."
This new initiative marks a major update, planning of New York, Michael bloomberg's main sustainable development efforts, started in 2007, affected by climate change, and New York's population growth and aging infrastructure, in order to meet the challenges.
In his speech, mayor of heat waves, droughts and rising sea levels, a major challenge ahead of New York.
"Our city will be more vulnerable to flooding in the coming years," said Michael bloomberg. "If we don't do anything, what's more, we can see a periodic flood 40 miles to the beach."
According to the report, more than 800000 residents may live in the city of 100 in a flood plain, from the 2050 s, more than the number is in danger. In 100 a flood plain, including those parts of the city, has a 1% chance of flooding in any given year.
Some of the coastal protection offered to include new dune beaches and the protection of the vulnerable regions and broader range of surge barriers and restore natural wetland, on shore, to alleviate the wave impact.
The mayor said, is to take measures to protect those in southern brooklyn, queens and staten island area of cooperation with the U.S. army corps of engineers.
The mayor also promised to lobby the flood insurance, part of a rate cut and said he will work with telecom and fuel supply, in order to prevent blackouts and supply chain disruptions in the future.
, "he said," this is New York city. "We have always open challenges into opportunities. Sandy is a temporary setback, eventually be able to push us forward, if we think of big, and seize the moment."
$$1.95 billion in estimated cost, the mayor said the city is about 1 billion yuan capital funding and federal relief has been assigned, and another $500 million recently by the U.S. congress allocated as part of a pitch relief package. Bloomberg says he will "cover as much as possible, as far as possible the rest of the fees according to the federal government."



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