NYC GOVERNMENT AND NY STATE GOVERNMENT MUST ACT NOW ON CLIMATE CHANGE
NY State government and NYC government have had 9 years since Hurricane Sandy to prepare New York City for flooding. Last night showed a complete failure of our state and local government to prepare. You can’t stop the rain. But you can build infrastructure to deal with flooding.
There’s things that NYC Mayor Bill de Blassio could do BEFORE he leaves office, this month, to help get us better prepared for the next storm — and there’s a possibility the next ‘historic’ weather event could be in a few weeks.
Here’s one thing we could do … right now, the MTA doesn’t clear storm drains in the subways. We also stack garbage on sidewalks, which sometimes block storm drains on the roads.
Governor Kathy Hochul should direct the MTA to immediately clean subway storm drains as standard work. In addition, NYC Sanitation should put out large trash containers on the sidewalks to encourage people to no longer stack garbage on the sidewalk. NYC Sanitation should also be directed to clear storm drains en route on the roads; having the garbage in containers would make it easier for NYC Sanitation and other work…