Mayor Eric Adams visits the Brooklyn neighborhood known as The Hole, which constantly floods during heavy storms, Oct. 4, 2023. Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Samantha Maldonado and Gwynne Hogan | October 5, 2023 The mayor made a pit stop in the neighborhood to beat back criticism of his administration’s handling of Friday’s storm, […]
Editorial credit: quiggyt4 / Shutterstock.com By Alex Zimmerman | October 3, 2023 New York City botched its communication to schools in response to last week’s record rainfall, Chancellor David Banks acknowledged on Tuesday. He vowed to conduct a review of what went wrong. Hours after the school day began last Friday, Mayor Eric Adams and […]
Streets were flooded in South Williamsburg as torrential downpours hit the city on Friday, Sept. 29. Gwynne Hogan/THE CITY By Katie Honan and Samantha Maldonaldo | September 29, 2023 Parents, public officials and climate advocates all say the mayor and his team were ill-prepared for the effects of a storm that was on the radar […]