Overview
- Wong sent a three-page letter on Sunday pressing Mayor Zohran Mamdani to redirect hundreds of millions of dollars toward the Department of Environmental Protection and flood resiliency projects.
- Neighborhoods in central Queens have flooded at least four times in the past month, with videos showing submerged cars, downed trees and water entering homes.
- Residents and Wong reported raw sewage in floodwaters and homeowners said recent street and sewer work failed to stop repeat flooding in places like Middle Village.
- City Hall announced in July a $43.2 million expansion of a coastal resiliency bureau to hire staff for new flood infrastructure but has not publicly adopted Wong’s specific funding or operational demands.
- Wong is urging immediate operational fixes—more frequent catch-basin cleaning, added catch basins and underground retention tanks, and long-term sewer-capacity expansion—which would require multi-agency coordination and major capital investment.