Deadly Flooding From Ida Remnants Prompts Renewed Scrutiny Over Safety Of Basement Apartments In New York

CBS New York

September 4, 2021

More than a dozen New Yorkers were killed by the flood waters from the remnants of Ida, and many of those deaths were in basement apartments. Now, there’s renewed scrutiny over their safety.

Marlon Ruiloba is trying to salvage as much as he can after the storm flooded his family’s basement-level apartment on Astoria Boulevard in East Elmhurst.

“All is destroyed. Everything water damaged, walls, fridge,” he told CBS2’s Ali Bauman.

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