Adi Talwar
The New York City Panel on Climate Change has predicted that under a worst-case scenario where the Antarctic ice sheet melts more quickly, the city could face nine feet of sea level rise by the end of the century — a water level that would permanently submerge entire neighborhoods, including all of Coney Island.
The council staffer has run before, but this time he faces scandal-plagued candidates in the race for New York City Council District 47, which covers Gravesend, Coney Island, Sea Gate and Bensonhurst.
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