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             18                                                                                                                   MAY 08, 2026
             Mayor Mamdani Announces $95 Million Cloudburst

             Project to Manage Flooding in Homecrest, Brooklyn

            OUR BUREAU                                                                                            tects New Yorkers in the places
                                                                                                                  where  flooding  hits  hardest,”  said
            NEW YORK, NY
                                                                                                                  Mayor Mamdani. “This project
                     ayor Zohran Kwame Mam-                                                                       turns everyday public spaces — our
                     dani, New York City De-                                                                      schoolyards, streets and parking lots
            Mpartment of Environmen-                                                                              — into infrastructure that keeps our
            tal Protection (DEP) Commissioner                                                                     communities safe. As climate change
            Lisa F. Garcia, NYC Parks Commis-                                                                     accelerates, investments like this are
            sioner Tricia Shimamura, New York                                                                     not optional. They are how we de-
            City Department of Transportation                                                                     liver a city that is resilient, equitable
            (NYC  DOT) Commissioner Mike                                                                          and prepared.”
            Flynn and New York City Public                                                                           “Climate change is already here,
            Schools (NYCPS) Chancellor Kamar                                                                      and our infrastructure must catch up.
            Samuels have announced $95 million                                                                    Cloudburst projects rebuild our city
            in DEP funding for an innovative                                                                      with the green infrastructure, like
            Cloudburst stormwater management                       Typical Cloudburst Infrastructure              porous pavement and underground
            project in Homecrest, Brooklyn.                                                                       stormwater storage, that will keep
                The project is designed to reduce                                                                 us safe during storms,” said Deputy
            flooding, protect local waterways and                                                                 Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson.
            strengthen neighborhood resilience                                                                    “These investments into stormwater
            as extreme weather becomes more                                                                       management are increasingly criti-
            frequent and more severe.                                                                             cal, and I am glad to see our agencies
                Cloudburst projects  use a net-                                                                   working hand in hand to deliver cre-
            work of neighborhood-scale infra-                                                                     ative solutions to flooding.”
            structure to move stormwater off                                                                         “The Homecrest Cloudburst
            streets during short, intense storms                                                                  project  is  a  major  step  forward  in
            without overwhelming the sewer                                                                        protecting this community from the
            system. In Homecrest, DEP will in-                                                                    kind of extreme rainfall we know is
            stall porous pavement on City streets                                                                 becoming more common,” said DEP
            and underground storage systems on                                                                    Commissioner Lisa F. Garcia. “By
            public  land,  managing  an estimat-                                                                  capturing and storing stormwater
            ed 30 million gallons of stormwater                                                                   before it overwhelms local streets
            each year. The Homecrest project                                                                      and sewers, we’re reducing flood risk,
            will be built to handle the increasing-                                                               improving water quality in Coney Is-
            ly common, heavy downpours that                                                                       land Creek and building the resilient
            can drop more than two inches of                                                                      infrastructure New Yorkers deserve.”
            rain in a single hour.                                  Flooding Hotspots in Homecrest                    The  project  will  target  flooding
                The  Homecrest  project  will re-                                                                 hotspots  across  a  350-acre  area,  in-
            lieve pressure on the sewer system   streets  or  flows  untreated  into  Co-  quality and meeting Clean Water Act   cluding Kings Highway, Coney Is-
            during peak rainfall by capturing and   ney Island Creek. Reducing polluted   standards.              land Avenue and avenues P, R, S, T,
            storing  stormwater  before  it  floods   runoff is essential to protecting water   “We are building a city that pro-  U and V.
                              Mayor Mamdani Opens Applications for “The Little Apple”

                    dministrative    Services  as the program’s operator. Imagine   out of the David N. Dinkins Munic-  employees across a dozen munici-
                    (DCAS)      Commission-   Early Learning Centers has more   ipal Building. Last month, Mayor   pal agencies.
              Aer Yume Kitasei has an-        than two decades of experience in   Mamdani expanded the child care     The  program  will  operate on
              nounced that applications are now   early childhood education, is 100%   program eligibility to include all City   the  ground  floor  of  the  building’s
              open  for  “The  Little  Apple,”  the   employee-owned  and  currently  workers based at the David N. Din-  North Tower and provide year-
              City’s  first  free,  full-day,  full-year,   serves more than 600 children across   kins Municipal Building at 1 Centre   round care Mondays through Fri-
              on-site child care pilot program for   12 child care centers in the New York   Street in addition to all DCAS em-  days from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The $10
              City workers.                   metropolitan area.                ployees regardless of work location.   million renovation  is underway to
                  Mayor Mamdani and Com-          The Little Apple’s pilot location   The Municipal Building, one of the   construct a 4,000-square-foot child
              missioner  Kitasei  also  announced   will serve approximately 40 children   largest  government  office  buildings   care facility, with completion ex-
              Imagine Early Learning Centers   ages 6 weeks to 3 years and operate   in the world, houses more than 2,000   pected this fall.

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