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Hurricane Sandy caused major damage throughout the state, leaving behind long-term mechanical and operational challenges that NJ Transit is working tirelessly to overcome. This will take time, and the blow delivered by Hurricane Sandy will continue to impact customers for days to come.49

New York City’s boroughs also take disaster precautions. The city has 578 miles of coastline, which includes fourteen miles of beaches,50 and beachfront neighborhoods need to be on special alert when a hurricane is approaching. Hurricane Sandy took an especially hard hit on the northern part of the Rockaways neighborhood, located in the city’s Queens borough, so with the support of federal and local government, the coastal neighborhood planted six miles of sand dunes and built a five-and-a-half-mile boardwalk. The community is also raising money to fund an Army Corps of Engineers project that would include floodwalls, levees, jetties, dunes, and a larger sand barrier to defend against rising sea levels.51