A pic is worth a 1000 words

One has to also remember that NYC is sinking due to the weight of all the buildings and such on top of soils that are compressible...

The Weight of New York City: Possible Contributions to Subsidence From Anthropogenic Sources
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EF003465

Localized uplift, widespread subsidence, and implications for sea level rise in the New York City metropolitan area
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi8259?cookieSet=1

You have to remember that NYC is largely built on alluvium spoil deposited during the last ice age... Not the best thing to be putting a gazillion skyscrapers on.
 
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