The NYPD could close subway stations ahead of future heavy storms to keep riders out of flooding underground transit stops, after extreme weather inundated the system repeatedly this summer, a senior police official said Tuesday.
“We know which stations flood when they have an excess of rain,” said Chief of Operations Raymond Spinella during a City Council oversight hearing on Sept. 14. “We’ll either close those stations or we’ll have cops pre-staged at those particular locations where we experience historical flooding.”
