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SANDY’S
DEVASTATION
its building and zoning codes to
better prepare for weather events
and is continuing to develop measures that lower our risk and
mitigate the impact of climate
change,” said Lauren Passalacqua,
a spokeswoman for the city.
Developers built up parts of the
Jersey Shore and the Rockaways,
a low-lying peninsula in Queens,
N.Y., in similar fashion in recent
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years, with little effort by local or
state officials to mitigate the risk
posed by hurricanes, experts said.
Real estate developers represent
a powerful force in state p olitics,
particularly in New Jersey and
New York, where executives and
political action committees have
been major donors to governors
and local officeholders.
This coastal growth took place
An aerial
shot of the
flooding and
destruction in
Mantoloking,
N.J.