The area affected by Ida that the president Joe Biden visited in New York floods again and sews sewage – Telemundo New York (47)

NEW YORK – President Joe Biden walked down an alley in East Elmhurst, Queens, just two days ago, vowing to get help for the residents who live there. But on Thursday, a brief period of rain left the same alley flooded again, putting neighbors and their properties at risk again.

The alleys between 88th, 87th and 86th streets near Astoria Boulevard filled with standing water and accumulated sewage, causing problems for the people who live here.

“What can happen next? Today all the neighbors freaked out on the chat, “OMG, the water is collecting in the back, now what?” Junior Moreno, who lives in the area, told our sister network NBC 4 New York.

Neighbors said that after a brief period of rain Thursday morning (not heavy by any means), the drainage system did not hold up, sending water to the streets just over a week after Ida destroyed the property and shipped hundreds of people to a state of emergency.

“We have a lot of sewer support, which is the main problem we have in this neighborhood. The water comes back from the toilets, from the showers,” Moreno said.

President Biden walked these same trails Tuesday, flanked by Governor Kathy Hochul, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, state senators and other elected officials.

“The fact that (Biden) walked down the alley there, it should put pressure on the current city administration,” said resident Ramond Santiago. “It’s constant. Even today, you went back there, you saw water.”

Neighbors are frustrated at the lack of support presented to them and are thinking of renovating the entire drainage system on their own, rather than waiting for the city to come rescue them.

Moreno has lived in the community for the past 25 years and says now is the time to act.

“We all get together as neighbors, we clean the alley because the city says it’s private property, so they can’t do anything for us,” he said.

Many people on Thursday continued to throw away their damaged properties and belongings lost in last week’s floods.

Many residents are asking for urgent help that can help them and their neighbors recover, and most are concerned about the continuing situation in the flooded alley behind the houses.

“The reality is that it is a problem that affects the community and the city should be doing something,” said Santiago.

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