Hot on the heels of the mayor's 430-page, 250-recommendation report released Tuesday on how to protect New Yorkers from another superstorm comes... a second post-Sandy report on how to protect New Yorkers from another superstorm! This round, the focus is how to make our buildings stronger and safer, so Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn, and their 200-member task force have proposed to alter the code that governs them. Their proposal would change myriad standards for new buildings, from the permissible types of doors and windows to requiring backup power for every building and measures to prevent sewage backup. [NYT + Archinect; previously]
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