The plants and flowers at Wagner Park in Lower Manhattan are more than just pretty-looking flora.

It's green infrastructure — landscapes that absorb storm water from rising coastal waters and flash floods, or from sudden and intense rain bursts that overwhelm the sewer system.

What You Need To Know

There are major coastal and flood resiliency projects underway that the next mayor will inherit

Resiliency efforts have gotten little attention on the campaign trail

Candidates running for mayor do have ideas and records on safeguarding New York from devastating floods

The flooding can be deadly: During Hurricane Ida in 2021, at least 13 people died, many in basement apartments that flooded.

These kinds of projects are getting no attention on the campaign trail for the mayor's race.

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