Once again, New York City was hit by heavy rain — and the city’s infrastructure completely failed. Subway stations were flooded, water surged into train cars, and passengers were left stranded with nowhere to go. Major highways became rivers, parks turned into lakes, and… pic.twitter.com/cdG4QyxI6s
— NYC Scoop (@NY_Scoop) October 31, 2025
Heavy rain on October 30, 2025, dumped 2-3 inches across NYC, triggering flash floods that submerged streets, stalled subways, and caused two basement drownings—one in Crown Heights where a 39-year-old man perished while rescuing his dog—echoing vulnerabilities exposed by Hurricane Ida in 2021, which killed 13 in similar illegal basements despite subsequent warnings.
The attached video captures real-time chaos: cars and school buses half-submerged in Brooklyn streets, water surging into subway cars at Utica Avenue station, and pedestrians wading through knee-deep floods, underscoring how even moderate rainfall overwhelms the city's century-old drainage systems.
While the post lambasts Governor Hochul's priorities, New York's $256 billion FY 2025 budget boosts mental health funding by 45% to $4.8 billion and includes $500 million for education infrastructure, but a recent federal freeze on $18 billion in transit funds due to DEI reviews highlights ongoing gaps in storm-resilient upgrades estimated at $10 billion by a 2023 Urban Green Council report.
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