While virtually every line of the city’s subway system saw delays or cancellations Friday morning and roadways throughout the city were inundated with rainwater, the Adams administration reli…
Mayor Eric Adams was blasted for a slow response to Friday’s massive flooding — after he failed to issue more than the most meager warning the day before and even showed up late for an emergency management hearing with other officials.
He finally issued a state of emergency some two hours after Gov. Kathy Hochul did so for the state — and as rain started to taper off.“I am dumbfounded by the lack of communication from City Hall to prepare people for this extreme weather event,” Councilman Lincoln Restler , who represents Brooklyn Heights and South Williamsburg, told The Post.
Adams’ first comment on the storm came at about midday, warning people to stay home after hundreds of thousands of school kids had already headed out to class. The mayor’s emergency declaration came two hours after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a similar order — and hours after weather experts said it was clear the rain would create serious and possibly deadly conditions.
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