Adding Evacuation Zones in Response to Hurricane

By albfinger and artocollis

The Bloomberg administration announced on Friday that it would double to six the number of evacuation zones along New York City’s coast and expand them to include an additional 640,000 residents, saying that the new map would provide more flexibility when major storms hit.

The report repeatedly praises city agencies and their state and federal counterparts, and acknowledges few if any significant missteps as government officials scrambled to respond to and recover from the severity of Hurricane Sandy, which killed 43 city residents and damaged thousands of homes.

Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/nyregion/new-york-city-to-double-number-of-storm-evacuation-zones.html

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