A year after Hurricane Ida devastated the area with historic flooding, New York City is beefing up flood protection measures.
Officials held a moment of silence to honor the lives lost to flooding from Hurricane Ida on the one year anniversary of the storm. The city’s Chief Climate Officer Rohit Aggarwala says the city is preparing for future intense storms by adding rain gardens in flood prone areas that can absorb 25-hundred gallons of water each.
“We are confident that the combination of grey and green infrastructure can handle storms like Ida. It will not be easy or immediate. We have a lot of work to do.”
Meanwhile, Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing a plan that would spend 41 million in federal funding to rebuild infrastructure areas that flood frequently.