From the October 31, 2012 New York Times by David Chen and Mireya Navardo - - For Years, Warnings That It Could Happen Here. The quote from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on warnings regarding the potential for flooding during storms like Hurricane Sandy:
"The construction of this city did not anticipate these kinds of situations. We are only a few feet about sea level," Mr. Cuomo said during a radio interview. "As soon as you breach the sides of Manhattan, you have a whole infrastructure under the city that fills - the subway system, the foundation for buildings,: and the World Trad Center site.
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