Our exclusive NY1-Baruch College poll asks New Yorkers' opinions on resiliency, and also on Puerto Rico, where power largely remains out after Hurricane Maria. Josh Robin reports.

At the Office of Emergency Management recently, the city prepares for another storm.

"We did pretty good during Sandy, but we've learned a lot from Sandy," Joseph Esposito, commissioner of NYC Emergency Management, said in September. "We've done 14 or so playbooks that has improved our plans and our systems to deal with storms like Sandy."

About four in 10 New Yorkers say the city is more prepared. It's 41 percent, according to our NY1 Baruch College Poll, with 39 percent saying it's just about as prepared for a major storm as we were five years ago. Eleven percent say we're less prepared. Seven percent aren't sure.

Marks are higher for rebuilding, even with blown timetables in the city's Build It Back program. Forty-nine percent say the city has done a good job. Twenty percent say not too good a job. Eleven percent say the city has done a very good job. Nine percent grade it poor.

"Particularly in a situation like Sandy where there's so much confusion, anger, etc. that's not bad," said Doug Muzzio, a pollster with Baruch College.

And will another storm with as much power strike the city? Forty-three percent call it very likely, 28 somewhat likely and 10 percent somewhat unlikely.

"They believe that something's going on that results in super storms. I would imagine that climate change accelerates that," Muzzio said.

About 60 percent of Puerto Rico still lacks power. That's raised the question of whether the Trump administration treated Texas and Florida the same after storms hit those states.

Sixty-nine percent of New Yorkers say he didn't treat them the same. Seventeen percent said he did. Twelve percent aren't sure.

"They see that he's doing a different job, and an inferior job, and he's discriminating against them, even though it's not explicity stated in the poll."

The president has praised the federal response.

NY1 also asked if New Yorkers know the citizenship of people born in Puerto Rico to Puerto Rican parents.

Sixty-nine percent rightly call them American citizens. Twenty percent call them Puerto Rican citizens. Eight percent aren't sure.

And on the island's status? Thirty-eight percent want it to be a state. Twenty-one percent favor independence. Twenty percent back status quo as a commonweath.

15. Five years after Hurricane Sandy, do you think NYC is ...

 

1. More prepared for a major storm,

41%

2. Less prepared for a major storm,

11%

3. Or just about as prepared for a major storm as five years ago.

39%

8. Not Sure

7%

9. Refused

1%


16. Looking back over the last five years, how good a job do you think NYC has done rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane sandy? Would you say the city did a ...

 

1. Very good job

11%

2. A good job

49%

3. Not too good a job

20%

4. Or a poor job rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane sandy?

9%

8. Not Sure

8%

9. Refused

2%


17. How likely do you think it is that a superstorm like Sandy will strike NYC again in your lifetime?

 

1. Very likely

43%

2. Somewhat likely

28%

3. Somewhat unlikely

10%

4. Very unlikely

9%

8. Not Sure

7%

9. Refused

2%

18. Are people who are born in Puerto Rico to Puerto Rican parents:

 

1. American Citizens

69%

2. Puerto Rican Citizens

20%

8. Not Sure

8%

9. Refuse

3%



19. Would you like to see Puerto Rico:

 

1. Become a state

38%

2. Become independent

21%

3. Stay as a commonwealth

20%

8. Not Sure

16%

9. Refuse

5%



20. Do you think President Trump has treated hurricane Victims in Puerto Rico the same as hurricane victims in Texas and Florida?

 

1. Yes

17%

2. No

69%

8. Not Sure

12%

9. Refuse

2%

This telephone poll was of a random sample of 1,089 New York City adult residents, including 800 likely voters in the November 2017 probable electorate. The margin of error for likely voters is +/- 4.5 points.