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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.

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

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