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Environment

NYC sewer designs picked by politicians decades ago worsened floods, sinkholes

By Kevin Duggan Posted on August 17, 2022
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This infrastructure has really gone down the drain.

The quality of New York City’s sewer system was up to local politicians up until about half a century ago, and their decisions contributed to parts of the city flooding worse during rainstorms, according to city officials.

See the full article at amNY

NYC sewer designs picked by politicians decades ago worsened floods, sinkholes

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