City leaders will showcase “touch-of-a-button” BMCR flood gates at South Street and Pike Slip as part of a $349 million coastal resiliency effort to protect Manhattan.

NEW YORK -- Flood waters started filling the streets of Howard Beach, Queens early Friday afternoon. New York City emergency ...

With the push of a button, New York City officials say they'll soon be able to deploy flip-up flood gates that are being placed underneath the FDR Drive to protect Manhattan from extreme floodwaters.

On Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a coastal flood statement valid for Thursday between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. for Manhattan. The weather service says, "Up to one half foot ...

Tom Foley, the commissioner of the city's Department of Design and Construction, said the 90 barriers will be activated days before a storm. CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – High-tech flood gates installed underneath the FDR Drive, near the Manhattan Bridge, are now operational, New York City officials announced. The barriers are designed ...