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NY returns some neighbourhoods to nature to fend off storms

But the scheme to convert the most vulnerable districts into uninhabited buffer zones has displaced long-time residents there

Published Fri, Oct 27, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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EVERY now and then, Frank and Mary Lettieri return to visit what used to be their tightly packed Staten Island neighbourhood before Superstorm Sandy prompted New York state to let it go back to nature.

The deadly storm, which swamped the New York metropolitan area five years ago and revealed its vulnerability, convinced state officials to offer to buy out homeowners in flood-prone areas, including the Lettieris' Oakwood Beach neighbourhood.

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