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One Year Later: Lessons Learned From Hurricane Sandy

NEW YORK CITY-On the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, city officials, developers and an industry organization share with GlobeSt.com's Rayna Katz what they've done to safeguard against future storms.

By Rayna Katz | Updated on October 29, 2013

NEW YORK CITY-One year ago today, Hurricane Sandy made landfall and became the worst natural disaster ever to hit New York City. But 365 days is a long time, and the city and the industry both have been busy in that time identifying how Hurricane Sandy wreaked such havoc, what they could do about it and making the necessary changes. A leading industry organization has also done its part, making a number of recommendations about changes to safeguard New York from future storms.

“The city is better prepared for another storm than it was prepared for Hurricane Sandy,” declared Cas Holloway, deputy mayor of operations, at a press conference earlier this month.

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