Dawn Zimmer

City officials in Hoboken want to build a wall - a sea wall, that is, to prevent future flooding. Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer responds to pushback from the community.

Will walling in Hoboken prevent the next Sandy? Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, discusses her ideas for protecting the city against future storms, including building two walls to protect from flooding.

We will be checking in with local communities and discussing how the FEMA aid should be distributed throughout their neighborhoods.  Domenic Recchia, City Councilman for the 47th district, Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, and Jack Schnirman, city manager of Long Beach, Long Island, will each talk about what the approval of FEMA aid for Sandy recovery will mean in their communities.

• Mark Harrington, reporter for Newsday, talks about the resignation of LIPA's COO and recovery on Long Island
• Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, on how the hard-hit city is recovering
• Domenic Recchia, city councilman for the 47th district, which includes Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and other neighborhoods affected by Sandy, joins the show to talk about the ongoing crisis in Coney Island and his district

 

A conversation about how communities in New Jersey have changed since 9/11.