Memories of Water Episode 1 - "A Forgotten Place"

Season four of the Queens Memory Podcast, brings you "Memories of Water," which examines the impacts of climate change on local communities in the borough.   In this first episode, titled "A Forgotten Place," producer Roxanne Scott takes us to neighborhoods in Southeast Queens, where we meet neighbors who are organizing and demanding accountability for the decades-long flooding that has occurred in the area.    Links for further reading:   In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York area May Be Lost to Flooding City Announces Progress on $1.9 Billion Commitment to Alleviate Flooding in Southeast Queens DEP projects in Southeast Queens New York City Stormwater Resiliency Plan What is inland flooding? Sewer Backups, Increasing from Climate Change, are Costing City’s Homeowners Testimony by Linda Dada on Sewage Infrastructure in South Jamaica Why One Queens Block Has Flooded For Decades Mayor’s Maps Shows Most of Ida’s Victims Lives Where Rainfall Was Riskiest As NYC Releases New Flood Maps, Here’s What You Can Do Before The Water Starts Rising Double-whammy: How Heavy Rains and High Tides Hurt NYC’s Black and Brown Neighborhoods NYC Real Estate on the Brink: $3.6 Billion in 1-3 Family Home Sales in 2023 at Risk of Flooding Southeast Queens Residents Environmental Justice Coalition (SQREJC) NYC Council Votes on Legislation to Establish a Southeast Queens Flooding Adaptation Task Force NYLPI Celebrates the Passage of 1067-B, A Major Victory for Flood Resilience and Environmental Justice in NYC Support Queens Residents Facing Sewer Backups Learn more about Climate Ready at Queens Public Library