Feds Give $176M to Extend Manahattan's Flood Walls

Within the next few days, the federal government is expected to announce a $176 million grant for the next phase of a 10-mile-long protection system, stretching from Midtown on the East Side down to the Battery and back up to Midtown on the West Side. The first phase, from East 23rd Street down to Montgomery Street on the Lower East Side, is being covered by a $335 million federal grant announced two years ago .
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