Cheddar - The Plan To Literally Expand New York City, 22022022

What if the equivalent of over 1,300 football fields to the tip of Manhattan? A recent "op-ed" in The New York Times proposed increasing the size of the Borough by about 12% in order to mitigate two of its most pressing problems; critical housing shortage and the threat of rising sea levels There’s evidence from all over the world that doing this can be a useful technique for crowded ocean-side cities. But the process to do so - reclaiming land from the ocean - is rife with potential downsides