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Ten environmental organizations say the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal, a part of the NY & NJ Harbor & Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study, could damage waterways and leave the Bronx unprotected.
The 14-year construction project would dramatically reshape New York City’s waterfront and be one of the largest infrastructure projects in the area's history.
Local officials and business owners voiced outrage
"The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all of Indian Country will be forever grateful to the Obama administration for this historic decision."
He also got hefty campaign contributions from a chief executive of a company behind the oil pipeline.
Beachgoers and park employees alike were supremely irritated this weekend after officials shut down Rockaway Beach...without actually shutting down Rockaway Beach.
The machines were hard at work all weekend pushing around the sand on a stretch of beach from about Beach 85th Street to Beach 95th Street.
At a Community Board meeting the feds explained that Sandy washed away 1.5 million cubic yards of sand (enough to fill the Empire State Building!) but promised that they'll have it all back soonish.