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I think don't think that New York is prepared for climate change because we still have exposed industry site along the coast. I will be referencing parts of a New York Times article New York Is Lagging as Seas and Risks Rise, Critics Warn by Mireya Navarro. According to Eddie Bautista an executive director of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance,“A lot of attention is devoted to Lower Manhattan, but you forget that you have real industries on the waterfront” elsewhere in the city (Navarro). I agree with Bautista because if city officials are only focusing on specific parts of the city then we are far from being prepared. Our officials first need to realize that climate change effects New York as a whole not just the financial district. If our officials are only going to focus on lower Manhattan then what happens when flooding takes place in the boroughs like the Bronx and Brooklyn? Are the industrial sites on the coast of these boroughs not important? The damage that can be done with these sites are affected by flooding would take the city a while to recover from.