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Eric Adams: “Our sewer systems were really not built to actually handle…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams Responds to Andrew Cuomo's Independent Mayoral Bid and New York City's Flooding Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

You know, when you're talking about in the flood areas, about 14 inches. You know, we have about 2 inches overall. And if you were out there yesterday, I was. The rain was coming down and Our sewer systems were really not built to actually handle this much rain. And that's why so much is being done to deal with flood mitigations. And again, you have to constantly. (01:51–01:57)

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Asserts that the city's sewer systems cannot handle heavy rainfall.

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