Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record reports that the pleas of Wawarsing residents about their perennially flooded basements were finally heard by New York City Department of Environmental Protection authorities yesterday when top DEP officials showed up in their basements to help pump out the water.
[S]everal New York City water officials, including Deputy Commissioner Paul Rush, showed up with supplies.
"I'm very glad they came," said Julianne Lennon, a leader of the homeowners' group. "They have to be in each one of these homes to see what we go through."
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