Mayor Eric Adams blasted for ‘lack of communication,’ slow response to massive storm: ‘Dumbfounded’
September 29, 2023
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as posted by the channelMayor 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.
While other leaders from organizations such as the MTA held major briefings, Adams’ only warning to New Yorkers Thursday was some retweeted weather announcements — he then went off to a party that night, leaving classes to go on as normal at schools, some of which wound up flooded.
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.
Even fellow Democrats were left steaming.
“I am dumbfounded by the lack of communication from City Hall to prepare people for this extreme weather event,” Councilman Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn), who represents Brooklyn Heights and South Williamsburg, told The Post.
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