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Queens Councilman Demands Flood Resiliency Investment | New York City News
Queens Council Member Phil Wong is sounding the alarm on Queens’ crumbling flood defenses, urging Mayor Zohran Mamdani to prioritize infrastructure over new offices—calling for proactive measures like cleaning catch basins, installing more of them, and deploying underground water tanks to combat increasingly frequent, devastating storms that have submerged homes and cars across Maspeth and Elmhurst. While the administration has allocated $43 million to expand coastal resiliency planning, Wong argues it’s time to act now—not just plan for the future—to protect residents and ensure basic city…
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