'Global warming is upon us': Local leaders call for more infrastructure funding in wake of deadly, historic storm

QUEENS — "When you get two record rainfalls in a week, it's not just coincidence...Global warming is upon us," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday after Tropical Depression Ida's catastrophic flooding across the region Wednesday night. Schumer, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards joined together in Jamaica, [...]