In New York, the city issued the first ever, first ever Flash Flood emergency. Those are Subway Tunnels youre looking at there Last Night. They saw rainfall in just five hours, enough to fill 50,000 Olympic Size swimming pools, Record Rainfall in Central Park and happening right now in bridgeport, pennsylvania, Water Rescues underway. Weve seen live on our air in the last hour residents being pulled from their homes in those inflatable rescue boats there. Still People In Need and still peoples whose lives are in danger. Lets begin with the storm chaser. Hes ray likener. You were following this during the worst of it overnight. Tell us what you saw then and what youre seeing this morning. Are you there . Hello. Bad connection there. Were going to come back to you, ray, when you Have A better connection so we could hear what youve seen. I do want to go to Evan Mcmorris Santoro in queens, New York, which saw some of the most devastating effects of the storm overnight and sadly where a lot
Want to say is this group of folks here are the epitome of resiliency and were here with you. Were going to continue to be here with you. Again i want to thank the governor, and Senator Schumer and the mayor, just for the collaboration of resources that are going to be here in queens. We want to make sure that were all here to make sure that this is done equitably and that these folks here that have been suffering so long suffer no more. Thank you. At this point, well take questions. But i also want to make a statement before we go on to questions. To the people who live on streets like these throughout the city of New York, i want them to know, a new administration, my administration, we dont govern by Press Conference. Yes were here today to answer questions but i want to assure them it is not just about today, but it is what we do tomorrow and the next day and the next day. So youre going to see a different tone, a different era of collaboration and i served as a Council Member for
That this group of folks here, they are the epitome of resiliency, they take care of each other, they feed each other, were going to continue to be here with you. I want to thank the governor, senator schumer, the mayor, and just for the collaboration of resources here. And we want to make sure that were all here. Thank you. For the people that live here on this Street And Close by. We dont govern by press conference. Its not just today, its tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day. You will see a different tone, a different era of collaboration. I was a Counsel Member for 14 years. I know what is takes to get the job done. You dont just show up one day, you show up until the job is done. With that we will take questions. Thank you. Also i want to acknowledge others who have joined us today. Excellent questions. Those are my questioned today. We have to identify the areas we have as a ruler in abilities on our streets. We need to be able to fix those first so we dont get a situatio
Priority was 183rd street. when that schedule came out we said don t do springfield, do 183rd street first, and guess what? they did, and then they did it again because it wasn t done right the first time. and we re still here today. and so there has to be oversight, and we have to figure out what we re not doing right. that we have to make sure that my staff and i, we have the hotspots as the borough president knows. you call over here and certain areas to see if it is working. this was different, and the loss of lives is unacceptable. we absolutely have to make sure that we re taking care of families. and what did you say?
When that schedule came out, we said no, don t do heights or springfield gardens, do 183rd street first. and guess what? they did. and then they did it again because it wasn t done right the first time. and we re still here today. and so there has to be over sight. and we have to figure out what we re not doing right. that we have to make sure that these folks that every time is rains that they re not out here. every time is rains my staff and i, we have the hot spots as the borough president knows. you call over here, you call certain areas in springfield gardens to see if it is working. and guess what? two weeks ago when we had the major flood, the record breaker, we were okay. this is different. and the loss lives are unacceptable. we absolutely have to make sure that we re taking care of families. and one of the things that i