$30 Billion? I'd say easily $300 Billion minimum

NYC can't even fix a pothole..

Am I the only one who doesn’t need dramatic background music in every single YT vid?

As an engineer, I would say that the project is technically feasible, but it will never happen. Environmentalists will file lawsuits from the day the project is greenlit to the day Jesus returns. The resulting delays will drive up the cost even higher. Even if that's not the case, it would still be a colossal waste of money. It would make far more sense to redevelop large areas of upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

If West Taiwan's military can build an island in 2 years I would think we could manage it in 5-10

It's insane because the United States has so much land mass available to build on. Now here in The Netherlands we only have limited space, so we build polders to have more space for housing and agricultural reasons. But in the United States? The 3th largest country in the world? From also a Dutch perspective this extra piece of land just sticking out at a height of 4 meters above mean sea level won't cut it. There is a reason here in The Netherlands we have our dikes at 'delta height' of at least 12 meters above sea level. Another super hurricane can come to New York, due to warmer oceans, and the surge that comes along with such a hurricane can easily overflow an area that is just 4 meters above normal sea level. This has to brought into a bigger perspective, to protect the ENTIRE area. Looking at the river leading to Manhattan I see the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The waterway here is about 1.7km long. This would be the perfect spot for a closure dike/dam with storm surge doors. Under normal conditions this dike can remain open for ships going in and out, but if a hurricane would push the water to dangerous levels the gates could be closed. This dam needs to be sturdy, high and long lasting. I am not even an engineer but I think this would be a better plan, and build more outside of Manhattan. Manhattan is just full. Just ask Dutch engineers how to tackle this problem.

I think the people who currently own the buildings on the current waterfront of Manhattan would be entirely unwilling to give-up their water views or views of any kind with new construction directly across the street from them. I cannot see this working unless they made it into a park. DA

Battery Park City originally was to extend to 72nd St. A similar plan existed on the East River side past the Brooklyn Bridge. Politics and environmentalists killed it.

It's weird that Plymouth rock is still sitting there just like it was 400 years ago with all these rising oceans haha 😄 😆

The title is false. This is just one persons plan not New Yorks..... This should be titled " Some guy's plan to expand New York that doesn't consider the costs whatsoever."

$15,000 per sq meter (same as current land prices on Manhattan)? If developers end up selling the new land for as much as existing Manhattan land goes for now, where is the “affordable” housing you mentioned coming from? Builders are going to want to maximize their profit by selling units for as much, if not more, as they would have spent buying existing Manhattan land. 🤔

I’d be curious to know how many empty apartments are in manhattan? How many airbnbs and short term rentals? If the city restricted vacant properties then would we need to change the literal geography like this?

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Oof, using The Palm as an example? Yikes. They are scrambling there to keep the whole thing from dissolving into the ocean.

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I've heard that people are leaving now because they find it too expensive to continue living there. Problem solves itself. No need for more land unless you're very rich and have plans for it.

Why build more when 20-30 percent of NYC commercial buildings and spaces are empty. Seems like a lost cause

somewhat paradoxically, there are literally tens of thousands of apartments that are only used a handful of days a year by the owners and remain vacant the other 80-90% of the time, or have been off the market for years or even decades because they are covered by rent control, and the landlords can't rent them at market rates. so what happens is that the entire new construction market is geared towards the higher end with amenities galore and practically zero is affordable newly built studios and one bedrooms with a lack of amenities. So if they did this, two things should be implemented. 1. Zoning laws changed to allow for smaller apartments than currently 2. Buildings with ONLY smaller amenity free units should get a property tax break for a short duration. But Manhattan is literally the definition of a dysfunctional real estate market for a variety of reasons.

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This sounds like a good idea now that we hear that New York is sinking.