Keeping the Floodwaters at Bay

Broad Channel, Queens is one of several neighborhoods in New York City at risk of daily flooding due to rising sea levels. It was hit particularly hard during Sandy (above).

A new report reinforces the need for New York City to plan for more rains and floods as the effect of climate change become more pronounced. Daniel Zarrilli, the director of the NYC Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency, Jamie Rubin, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) and Henk Ovink, special envoy for International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of The Netherlands, talk about how to avoid the worst outcomes.