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Protecting the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary from storm surges and sea-level rise has been a much-studied issue since Hurricane Sandy devastated the NY-NJ metropolitan area in 2012. In 2017 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiated a Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study to evaluate various proposals. The Corps’ preferred solution is the New York Harbor Storm-Surge Barrier, which entails building giant gates across waterways that feed New York Harbor. The Corps is wrapping up its study by holding hearings to receive public comment on its chosen proposal; this ends on March 7, 2023.  

Riverkeeper has been closely monitoring the proposal and public comment; its critique will be presented at this webinar by Tracy Brown, the Hudson’s own Riverkeeper.