Zohran Mamdani: “Our storm system is built for 2 inches of rainwater.”

“Now, in most parts of New York City, this was, you know, two to two and a half inches maybe. And Our storm system is built for 2 inches of rainwater. As we know now with the climate crisis, that amount is increasing. And there were parts of New York City where in five minutes, there was half an inch of rain.” (24:34–24:38)

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