Lesson from Sandy: "Respect History

NEW YORK CITY-Hurricane Sandy, “a storm that many of us knew was possible and hoped would never occur,” has some New Yorkers still in recovery mode three months later, BOMA/NY president Louis J. Mantia said Wednesday. The record-breaking storm surge last October hit Lower Manhattan especially hard, but property managers throughout the region were put to the test.

With an eye toward preparing for a future storm of comparable magnitude—“and there will be a next time,” Mantia warned—BOMA/NY has compiled a study looking at both the association’s response and that of asset-level building managers. The study’s findings were presented at a BOMA/NY seminar Wednesday morning.