Overview

• Monday’s downpour flooded 20 of 490 subway stations and disrupted service on six numbered and four lettered lines, prompting overnight recovery efforts.
• MTA Chair Janno Lieber warned the city’s sewers cannot handle more than 1.75 inches of rain per hour and urged expansion of underground stormwater capacity.
• City agencies have cleared sewers at 45 flood-prone stations as an interim measure and are piloting raised platforms and stepped entrances to block incoming water.
• Senators Gillibrand and Espaillat reintroduced the Resilient Transit Act of 2025 to secure $300 million in federal grants for transit resilience improvements.
• Officials project a roughly $30 billion price tag and a 15–20 year timeline for comprehensive stormwater upgrades, leaving funding and project rollout as critical next steps.