NEW YORK, NY \u2014 City officials outlined a $108 million plan to overhaul thousands of aging catch basins, pointing to heavier rainfall and recurring street flooding across neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the investment in Sunset Park, standing near curbside grates designed to funnel stormwater into the city\u2019s sewer system.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen basin grates are blocked, neighborhoods are flooded,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cWe are investing $108 million to replace and modernize older and outdated catch basins across our city.\u201d<\/p>\n
The project will replace more than 6,700 catch basins over the next decade, beginning in Queens in July and expanding to Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx. <\/p>\n
The work builds on a $20 million investment in new cleaning trucks and ongoing annual funding for upgrades.<\/p>\n
New York City maintains more than 150,000 catch basins connected to a 7,500-mile sewer network. Officials said many were built for rainfall patterns from more than a century ago.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Lisa Garcia of the Department of Environmental Protection said recent storms have tested that system.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew York City\u2019s most intense rainstorms have all come in the past four years,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cThat means our infrastructure has to work harder and smarter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Garcia said the upgrades will increase capacity and improve drainage as storms grow more severe. Crews will also expand the use of slotted manhole covers and bike-friendly grates.<\/p>\n
The agency will prioritize replacements using inspection data, flood sensors and 311 complaints.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know which ones we need to fix or repair right away,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cWe\u2019re also aware of chronic flooding areas, and those will help us prioritize.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials said response times for clogged basins have improved, with most complaints now addressed within three days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK, NY \u2014 City officials outlined a $108 million plan to overhaul thousands of aging catch basins,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-182219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}