SAG-AFTRA Cancels New York Pickets As City Declares State Of Emergency Amid Heavy Rains; MLB, NHL Games Postponed
deadline.comThe old song says it never rains in California. The same isn’t true for New York. SAG-AFTRA said today that it has canceled all pickets as a state of emergency was declared in the city amid heavy downpours that caused serious flooding and canceled some local events. “Due to the heavy rain and possible flooding there will be no SAG-AFTRA pickets in New York City today, Friday, Sept.
29,” the union said on social media. “Stay safe and see you on the picket lines next week.” CNN reports that the borough of Brooklyn got a full month’s worth of rain in just three hours today, and Mayor Eric Adams told locals to brace themselves for more. “Today’s weather isn’t done with us yet,” he tweeted. “We might see up to eight inches of rain by tomorrow morning.” Some local movie theaters are closed amid flooding, and there also have been some flight disruptions at JFK Airport, which got a remarkable 7.22 inches of rain today.
With amid Tropical Storm Ophelia and a separate, unnamed coastal storm behind it, local news was devoting most of its airtime to the rainstorms.
The nets were airing footage of flooded subways and warnings of troubled Friday commutes. Most of the heaviest rainfall was outside of Manhattan, in particular falling hard in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn.
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