Some NYC residents in Brooklyn and Queens — whose homes were damaged by last year’s Hurricane Ida — woke up to flood destruction yet again, despite the city’s repeated promises to prevent this damage. “There was a huge river in our community driveway.'
neighborhood organizer Amit Shivprasad said he started getting alerts from the four weather apps he has on his phone after midnight. He rushed to his family’s home, which is still under construction from damages a year ago, but thankfully it was safe, as were those on the surrounding block.
“All I can say is, thank the good lord,” he said. “I don’t think we were prepared for this one this early in the morning.”a low-lying neighborhood not connected to the city’s sewer system that is the site of perpetual flooding, Julisa Rodriguez said while her home hadn’t taken on water thanks to flood mitigation she’s paid for over the years out of pocket, the streets around her filled up like a moat.
“The street is halfway full, DEP [Department of Environmental Protection] no show as of yet,” she said in a text message just before 9 a.m. on her way to take her kids to school. She described her feelings, dealing with yet another flood, with a string of words: “fed up, giving up on hope, frustrating, upset, tiresome, forgotten, unheard, disgusting.
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