- Mayor wants to protect Wall Street from floods and rising seas
- Plans to cost $10bn but federal funds might not be available
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York, has announced a radical plan to meet the “existential threat” of climate change by constructing a new section of Manhattan , extending hundreds of feet out into the narrow East river, in order to protect Wall Street and other downtown areas.
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