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Sandy’s devastation could bring a boom to the construction and real estate industry
“Our building industry, our landscaping industry, our retrofitting industry, they will have work for the next decade,” said Ron Shiffman, a professor of urban planning at the Pratt Institute and a former member of the City Planning Commission. “If we really take seriously the lessons of Sandy, it will kick-start a whole new economy.”