Hurricane season is here. As we look back at the tragic loss of lives from last year's remnants of Hurricane Ida, Mayor Adams' office says the Rainfall Ready NYC Action Plan will help keep residents safe. alecia__reid reports.
As CBS2's Alecia Reid reported Thursday, families should also prepare for potentially extreme weather.
"It wasn't high tides that affected us. It was rain. The level of rain our system wasn't able to handle and we're going to make sure we're prepared this coming season," Adams said.While the city designs and constructs infrastructure to combat climate change, Adams said a recent meeting with the Office of Emergency Management to look at basement apartments seemed promising. In the meantime, Rainfall Ready NYC is hoping to help protect New Yorkers from flooding.
The public can also work with city government to prepare by clearing debris from catch basins and curb lines to help prevent flooding, and by using the flood map to see if their neighborhood is in a flood zone.The mayor said legislation from the state level will play a huge part in legalizing and bringing basement apartments up to code.
Morse said a recent basement conversion pilot program in East New York to bring basement apartments up to code was defunded during COVID budget cuts and hasn't been restored, leaving the most vulnerable neglected.
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