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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries

Residents Don’t Like The Smell Of Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study

Coney Island Resident Pete Castro (right) addressing Curtis Cravens, from the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Residents scorned some of the initial assessments presented on Thursday for a flood barrier in Coney Island Creek, arguing the city was pushing a proposal that did

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New Report Argues Wetlands Are Our Best Defense Against Flooding

Jamaica Bay, pictured here, is a wetland barrier that many have said can serve as a storm barrier if restored. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)Forget seawalls, a new report [http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/report/2014/04/09/87386/the-economic-case-for-restoring-coastal-ecosystems/] by Oxfam America and the Center for American Progress makes