Queens & Brooklyn After the Storm
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The borough presidents of some of the hardest hit neighborhoos, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso talk about the aftermath of Friday's storm.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, the weather around here is gorgeous today. |
| 0:16.6 | Makes it hard to believe what we were dealing with on Friday, right? |
| 0:20.6 | But for anyone who waited through the waters, spent hours trying to get home or had their |
| 0:24.7 | home or car flooded, it was all too real. |
| 0:28.0 | So to talk about the cleanup and what went right and wrong, we're joined by the presidents |
| 0:32.6 | of the two hardest hit boroughs, Donovan Richards, Queensborough president and Antonio Arnozo, |
| 0:38.1 | Brooklyn borough president. |
| 0:39.6 | Welcome back to WNYC, both of you, Mr. President and Mr. President. |
| 0:43.5 | Good morning, Brian. |
| 0:45.5 | Good morning. |
| 0:46.5 | Happy to be here. |
| 0:48.0 | Let's start with where we are today, are things in your boroughs back to normal this morning, |
| 0:54.6 | President Arnozo? |
| 0:57.0 | So, weather wise, absolutely, you know, obviously we're now dealing with the aftermath of what |
| 1:03.0 | we saw. |
| 1:04.0 | So we have businesses and homes that are looking to clean up, seeing if they can register |
| 1:10.4 | or just fill out some forms put forth by the city of New York to see if they can get |
| 1:15.2 | some assistance. |
| 1:16.7 | But, weather wise, obviously, everything is back and running, but the lives of those |
| 1:20.6 | that were affected that they, you know, more challenges for them over the next coming |
| 1:25.1 | weeks and months. |
| 1:26.1 | So, such as what? |
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