Angry NYC residents fume at AOC and De Blasio during 'mercy tour' of Queens neighborhood where nine people died during Hurricane Ida: 'I don't blame climate change, I blame the mayor. There was no warning' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...idents-fume-AOC-Blasio-mercy-tour-Queens.html Sen Schumer, AOC and de Blasio went on a tour surveying Ida's devastation in Woodside, Queens, where nine people died during the storm Residents of Woodside received de Blasio with outrage and blamed him for his failed emergency response AOC refused to criticize de Blasio, saying that 'more advance notice from the National Weather Service,' was needed. The NWS issued an alert on 3.23pm Wednesday, but the city sent issued a flood emergency just an hour before the storm started Affected families could received up to $34,000 on federal grants from FEMA More federal aid is expected to come after Biden approved disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey Angry New York City residents fumed at Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Ortez and Mayor Bill de Blasio about the lack of warning as they toured a Queens neighborhood to survey damage left in the wake of Hurricane Ida, which killed 13 people in the city. On Monday, De Blasio, AOC and Senator Chuck Schumer visited Woodside five days after the flood hit the city without warning, with rain falling more than three inches every hour and causing New York City's first ever flash flood emergency. The visit came on the same day President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey, which greenlights the use of FEMA funds after $85 million was lost in public infrastructure and property in the two states. More than 40 people were killed as the Hurricane hit both states last week. But as AOC and De Blasio toured Woodside, where nine people were killed, angry residents railed against them. 'I don't blame climate change, I blame the mayor,' Woodside resident Danette Rivera told the New York Post. 'There was absolutely no warning. I wasn't expecting water from my own drain to be the one that's going to kill me.' Angry residents heckled and blamed de Blasio for the city's unpreparedness in the face of hte storm last week, and were infuriated by AOC's attempt to pin the blame on climate change. 'This storm has now rewritten the map,' De Blasio said on Monday. 'We used to think that flooding was a coastal thing. It's not anymore. It can happen all over the city.' 'They swore that it wouldn't happen again, and that they would fix the sewers. 'Nine people died in this neighborhood. What does it take for them to do something? You know how politics are. It's never about the people,' Woodside resident Isabella Lizal told the New York Daily. AOC refused to criticize de Blasio when asked if he adequately warned New Yorkers about the storms. 'We needed more advance notice from the National Weather Service,' she said. The NWS had tweeted a warning at 3.23pm on Wednesday. A flood emergency was issued almost six hours later, at 9:30pm, with only one hour notice for the emergency. Ocasio-Ortez tweeted about the deaths in New York that occurred when people were trapped in fast-filling basement apartments as they tried to escape. 'How the climate crisis is an inequality crisis: Many of these deaths occurred in basement dwellings, many of which are illegal and growing in number due to the unaffordable housing crisis, but do not meet safety standards required to keep people safe in incidents like flash floods' she said on September 2, a day after the storm. 'These are working class, immigrant, and low-income people & families,' she added. More federal aid is expected for people in six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of the hurricane after President Biden approved major disaster declarations. Families affected by the hurricane could receive up to $34,000 in FEMA federal grants that won't need to be repaid. Ida left devastation in New York, where 13 died, and New Jersey, where 27 victims were killed by the storm. NYPD released a dramatic bodycam footage of an officer swimming in a flooded basement, trying to open the door to save people trapped inside their home at 64th street. A family of three was found dead inside - Ang Gelu Lama, 50, Mingma Sherpa, 48, and their 2-year old son. Gov Hochul said an initial assessment found that the storm damaged more than 1,200 homes and caused about $50million in damage to public infrastructure and property. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said damage to city infrastructure was estimated at $35 million. At least 50 people were killed in six Eastern states as record rainfall last Wednesday overwhelmed rivers and sewer systems. Biden is scheduled to visit New Jersey and New York City on Tuesday to survey storm damage, the White House said. The storm killed at least 27 people in New Jersey and 13 in New York City. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, touring flood-damaged areas of Lambertville on Labor Day, said Biden's major disaster declaration will allow individuals to receive assistance, including grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses. An existing emergency declaration issued last week enabled state, county and local governments to get reimbursed for disaster spending, Murphy said. In New Jersey, the disaster declaration covers Bergen, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Passaic, and Somerset counties. In New York, it allows for individual assistance for people in Bronx, Queens, Kings, Richmond and Westchester counties. Murphy said he would be talking to Biden during his visit to about adding other counties to the major disaster declaration. Murphy joined state and local officials on a walking tour of Lambertville, passing homes with belongings piled outside as residents spent their Labor Day clearing flood debris, aided at one point by a bulldozer. The major disaster declaration could help people like Nick Cepparulo, who told Murphy all of his family's first-floor possessions were washed away soon after they got in their car and raced for higher ground. 'We´ll be all right,' Cepparulo told reporters after speaking with Murphy. 'We need a little help getting there.' In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Sen. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent part of the morning touring of storm damage in Queens with Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. One resident greeted de Blasio with an arm on his shoulder and a quip about their flooded homes. 'Welcome to Woodside,' she said. 'We have swimming pools in each house. So you can get your bathing suit on and take a dip with us.' (Multiple videos and pictures of angry New Yorkers telling De Blasio and AOC to get lost at above url. Some are quite "colorful".)
Maybe Biden will tour later - if not already- and tell them that he feels their pain because his son Beau drowned in Iraq. Could happen, eh?
Your wish for a Biden tour is coming true today... Biden surveys Ida aftermath in New York and New Jersey https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/biden-visits-ny-nj-hurricane-ida-aftermath-09-07-21/index.html
Hurricane warnings began when Ida was off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico..... people need to stop watching tik tok and maybe watch real news as the path of the hurricane was laid out for more than a week. blaming the mayor for no warning? hurricane rain and flooding slammed MI and LA.... wtf did they expect was going to happen. People are stupid
Bank of America 'tells its workers to “DRESS DOWN“ and not wear anything with the company logo when they head to its Bryant Park office' as crime in NYC surges, with assaults up 15% in the past month The Bank of America's Bryant Park senior executives are said to be advising younger staff to 'dress down' while commuting to and from the office They warn staffers that 'dressing up' could make them a target to crime, sources told New York Post New York City has experienced a surge in crime this year with felony assaults up 9.1 percent and transit crimes up 106 percent Many Bank of America employees pass through transit hot spots Penn Station and Port Authority to get to and from work NYC Mayor-Elect Eric Adams, 61, has vowed to make the city safer and many corporate leaders believe that's a part of getting workers back in the office Adams has said he will target gun violence, bring back the anti-crime units that deploy plainclothes officers, and stop jailing the mentally ill https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rkers-DRESS-head-NYCs-Bryant-Park-office.html The Bank of America has reportedly told its Midtown employees to 'dress down' and avoid wearing company logos while commuting to the office as New York City experiences a surge in crime. Senior executives at the Bryant Park location have been encouraging their younger staff to 'dress down' in order to attract less attention as they travel to work, sources told the New York Post. They have reportedly warned staffers that wearing the company logo or dressing up could make them a target for assault, which is up 15 percent the past month. ohn Yiannacopoulos, a media relations executive for Bank of America, told DailyMail.com on Friday that the company does offer 'safety guidelines' to employees. Bank of America declined to let DailyMail.com view its guidelines. One bank employee, who was not named, told the New York Post's On The Money column that he was on a high alert after seeing a stranger with a knife near the bank's office. A top executive of a large money management firm even said he started carrying a Taser - which has been legal to carry in New York since 2019, when a federal court reversed the state's complete ban on civilian stun guns and tasers, a source close to the executive told On The Money. The bank's office is a block away from Times Square, with many employees using Penn Station and Port Authority as transportation hubs as they travel to and from the office. The surge in crime in New York City has only heightened fears as daylight-savings time ended in November, causing many commuters to travel home in the dark. Some companies, such as Citibank, are offering private shuttles and car services for their employees who work after hours, so they can avoid public transportation altogether. Most banks offer car services, the New York Post reported. Yiannacopoulos confirmed to DailyMail.com on Friday that the Bank of America does offer a car service for 'early/late hour travel' for employees. He would not say the specific hours allocated to that service. It isn't just Midtown that is experiencing a surge in crime, but also places like Wall Street in Downtown Manhattan. 'It's been a topic of conversation on the floor frequently over the last few months,' a Wall Street source told the New York Post. 'Some people I work with have been accosted,' the Wall Street source said. 'I'd say it's becoming frequent, if not common. There's probably a dozen incidents that I saw, or have been involved in.' The source said they mostly dealt with verbal disputes, but have experienced physical ones. Despite most corporate workers across the city still working from home, many think 'part of getting people back to the office in NYC is about making the streets and subways safer.' New York City's Mayor-Elect Eric Adams, 61 - who ran his campaign on public safety - has promised to make the city safer and many are hoping he can. 'I'm encouraged that Eric Adams will take a hard line,' a Wall Street executive told the New York Post. He also said Adams can't 'get here soon enough to restore law and order.' On Thursday night, a Columbia PhD student was murdered by a 25-year-old gang member that went on to stab two others. Davide Giri, 30, a PhD candidate in computer science, died around 11pm after being stabbed in the stomach by a 25-year-old member of the Bloods gang off-shoot, Every Body Killer, who has 11 prior arrests dating back to 2012. Police arrested the unidentified suspect in Central Park, where he had been 'menacing' a man, 29, with a large kitchen knife 20 minutes after he had stabbed an Italian tourist, 27, outside the park on 110th street. The fatal stabbing of Giri took place just a block away from where Bernard College student Tessa Majors, 18, was viciously stabbed to death in December 2019 as violent crimes continue to rise in New York City. Police said the 25-year-old gang member has a lengthy rap sheet that includes robberies and assaults and other alleged crimes. He was previously convicted of gang assault in 2015 and served two years in jail, according to state Department of Corrections records. A Bronx woman ties herself a pole outside a Bronx subway station to avoid being thrown onto the tracks as transit crimes are up 106 percent this year Police said Giri was the first victim of the stabbing spree and was attacked just before 11 p.m. on Thursday at 123rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, in Morningside Heights. Giri, a Brooklyn resident, was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The PHD student had traveled the world, studying in Torino, Italy; Shanghai, China; and Chicago before settling in the Big Apple for his doctoral degree at Columbia. Bollinger said the university is working with the NYPD to learn more details about the attack. The city has been under attack since the pandemic restriction began lifting and the city blossomed back to life. Felony assault has gone up 9.1 percent compared to last year and a shocking 15 percent during the month of November. A man was stabbed to death inside an apartment complex's foyer recently by a man with dreadlocks in Brooklyn on November 30. A 23-year-old woman was choked, beaten and robbed in Manhattan's Herald Square subway station around 4am on November 27. Transit crimes are at its highest, increasing 120 percent in a week and a 106 percent total for November. Many reports of city-goers being thrown onto subway tracks, being robbed while waiting for trains, and more have flooded the news. One Bronx woman showed off her bike lock on social media, demonstrating how she would tie herself to a pole while waiting for the trains to avoid any chance of being thrown in front of a moving train. Robbery is up 3.7 percent and hate crimes are up 95.9 percent this year. Overall crime is up 3.14 percent. Adams - who will take office at the start of the new year, replacing Bill de Blasio - has said he will target gun violence, bring back undercover cops - which was met with dismay from the Black Live Matter leaders - and to stop jailing the mentally ill. Adams, a former NYPD officer for 22 years, also said he will 'reduce crime by having cops focus on police work' instead of paperwork and following the statistics to put more cops in hot spot areas. 'By using real-time governing tools and tracking crime trends to become predictive, we can quickly shift NYPD resources from one community to another to reverse bad trends, much the way the NYPD uses COMPstat,' Adams said on his website. 'We will regularly shift detectives and other officers from low-crime areas to crime hot-spots.' (Article includes numerous photos and videos of violent crimes in NYC)