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The article discusses sustainable urban development, with a focus on flooding damages in New York City neighborhoods caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, organized relief efforts, and the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protest movement. Topics include mutual aid and autonomous power, the direct action organization Time's Up!, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Additional information is presented on urban gardening, environmental activism and rising sea levels, and air pollution through transportation.

Sea level rise has been identified as a possible factor contributing to marsh loss in Jamaica Bay, New York. However, Jamaica Bay has also experienced increases in tidal ranges throughout as a consequence of natural and engineering modifications that occurred in the bay during the first half of the twentieth century. The increases in the elevations of high tides are of the same order as the increase in regional sea level that occurred since the early 1900s. Marsh inundation in the bay is thus greater than noted to date and greater than that in adjacent bays where tidal ranges have been more stable. Changes in tidal hydrodynamics may be one more factor to consider in the list of potential causes of marsh loss in Jamaica Bay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the rise in the sea level in New York City, New York. It is mentioned oceans have expanded due to warming in the last century. Prediction related to various streets that could lie in flood-risk zones in future due to rising sea level. Private and public money that will be invested in environmental projects in upcoming years is mentioned.