Mamdani and NYC Emergency Management issue weather alert for Memorial Day weekend washout

Mamdani and NYC Emergency Management issued a prolonged-rainfall alert for Memorial Day weekend, with moderate-to-heavy rain Saturday morning into early afternoon and a fresh round Monday morning flagged as a First Alert Weather Day (isolated thunderstorms possible). NYC OEM separately issued a High Rip Current Risk warning for all Atlantic Ocean beaches through Monday. First major-weather citywide mobilization of Mamdani's tenure outside the May heat advisory.

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