A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airport feeling sickened by the stench. A water condition caused the backup, pushing human waste into about 300 homes in Jamaica, Queens, officials said. Cynthia McKenzie
1 / 2Sewage BackupIn this photo provided by Cynthia McKenvie is sewage backup that flooded her home, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in the Jamaica, Queens section of New York. Officials say a water condition is causing human waste to back up into several hundred homes in the area there. NEW YORK — A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airport feeling sickened by the stench.
As the water level rose, McKenzie said she raced to move furniture and other belongings — but some electronics couldn’t be saved. After a few hours, she said, her whole neighborhood was awash in fetid fluid. Mayor Bill de Blasio said crews were making repairs and bringing in pumping equipment to clear up the mess.
“This time of year we get a lot of grease blockages in sewers from residents that discharge grease," city environmental protection chief Vincent Sapienza told reporters. “We’re under the assumption that it’s that.”
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