Hoboken breaks ground on $230 million climate change resiliency project Updated May 06, 2021; Facebook Share Nine years ago, Superstorm Sandy left the city of Hoboken under water. Hurricane-force winds and a 14-foot storm surge submerged roughly 80% of the bowl-shaped city, causing an estimated $100 million worth of damage. Now, the city is breaking ground on a multimillion-dollar resiliency project aimed at preparing for the next storm. “We know that, given the impact of climate change, it is not a question of if,” said Dawn Zimmer, who was the city’s mayor at the time and turned down a re-election campaign to focus on climate change resiliency. “It is