A New York City resident walks through his flooded basement level apartment in a Queens neighborhood that saw massive flooding and numerous deaths following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 03, 2021 in New York City. (Credit: Spencer Platt/Bloomberg) A New York City resident walks through his flooded basement level apartment in a Queens neighborhood that saw massive flooding and numerous deaths following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 03, 2021 in New York City. (Credit: Spencer Platt/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — Homes at high risk of flooding in New York City will receive free inflatable dams in a new plan rolled out Thursday by Mayor Eric Adams.

The plan aims to prepare city dwellers for extreme rainfall and costs the taxpayers an estimated $2.5 million. It comes more than a month into the 2022 hurricane season, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates could result in 6 to 10 hurricanes.

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