Keeping the Floodwaters at Bay

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 20, 2015

A new report reinforces the need for New York City to plan for more rains and floods as the effect of climate change become more pronounced. Daniel Zarrilli, the director of the NYC Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency, Jamie Rubin, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) and Henk Ovink, special envoy for International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of The Netherlands, talk about how to avoid the worst outcomes.

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