Dawn Zimmer was the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey in 2012, during Sandy, and the city experienced flooding from storm surge.
She joins Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee to talk about the recovery effort and how the city and region has worked to become more resilient since.
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