NYC Subway-Station-Turned-Fish-Tank Poses $600 Million Dilemma

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3. Seems like an opportunity to "go big" for NYC

Bloomberg should take the lead and offer a 21st Century vision of how NYC has to transform to deal with climate change - It has to include a whole new transportation infrastructure for NYC. Let Wall Street help pay for it....is it not in their best interests to keep Wall Street #1 in the financial world? Re-engineer the entire city. Flood-proof buildings (below ground and entry level above ground) to minimize damage. Go above ground, using existing lanes to construct the transit lines and maintain their power /control management systems above ground. Use the abandoned transit system for commercial trucking, servicing the city without clogging up the streets. Go Green with a lot of focus on solar/wind to provide power and public LED lighting in the city. Ground level should be limited to bikes, electric vehicles, pedestrian only.

This storm should be the wake-up call and Bloomberg could be the right guy to make it happen. Think of the jobs involved with the physical transformation of NYC into the world's leading 21st century mega-city for reorganizing and thriving in the reality of global warming.

In many ways, New York is our country's leading city....what better way to send a message to the rest of the country on how we reinvent our economy by adapting to the realities of climate change?