How vulnerable is New York?

By PATRICIA DONOVAN

Contributing Editor

How prepared is New York for another terrorist attack or major
disaster? That’s the question a group of researchers and
disaster-response experts are discussing at a two-day conference
addressing ways to protect New York City and New York State.

STERNBERG

“The biggest threats to New York City today are terrorism,
pandemic flu and coastal surge from an off-shore hurricane,” says
conference organizer Ernest Sternberg, president of Protect New York
and professor of urban and regional planning in the UB School of
Architecture and Planning.

“The conference will highlight advances in protection and
response for these scenarios and other potential disasters in New York
City and throughout the state,” explains Sternberg, who studies
decision-making during a crisis.

The conference, being held today and tomorrow at the Levin Institute
of SUNY, is organized by Protect New York and sponsored by the New York
State Office of Homeland Security and MCEER.

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