Hot Take, Anything in this general area should be swampland
You want New York to stop flooding whenever there's a big storm, well if only there was a large natural sponge that absorbed water right outside the city for the storm water to land in, oh wait there was!!
It was called the fucking Meadowlands!!
And we built 2 fucking sports stadiums, and the 2nd largest mall in the country on it!!
If you want some brighter news, over 45% of the 8,400 acres of undeveloped land that makes up the Meadowlands are preserved by the state of New Jersey or other land owners
