Janison: After Sandy, Long Beach seeks storm protection
Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams, Jr. | A man walks from under a wrecked boardwalk to enter the beach at Long Beach. (Dec. 1, 2012)
Long Beach was shortsighted, it now seems safe to say.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, among others, made mention in Sandy's destructive wake of how the city just a few years ago turned away from the Army Corps of Engineers' "storm damage reduction project."
Schumer brought it up to reporters last week while mentioning that he and fellow New York Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand submitted...