New York City Department of Environmental Protection

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Transcript: Mayor Adams Briefs the Media on Last Night’s Flooding

July 15, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams: We are here to update New Yorkers on the storm that hit our city last night. If you were out, as I was, I probably don't recall seeing that level of rain before. It was a high-impact storm system that brought along heavy rain, flash flooding, and strong winds to the five boroughs. We saw the heaviest rainfall in Central Park and Harlem with 2.64 inches. In fact, Central Park had the second highest one-hour rainfall total ever documented at that location, only being surpassed by what we saw four years ago during Hurricane Ida.

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