Read More: State of Emergency in effect as storm brings flooding, damage to New York City and beyond.Mayor Eric Adams echoed the state of emergency for the city, asking people to shelter in place, if possible. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. Ophelia's remnants soaked New York City and the surrounding area with heavy rain for the Friday morning commute. Watch: Mayor Adams addresses severe flooding in New York City 36:57 Lieber said part of the reason Brooklyn's subways were so significantly struck by the flooding had to do with the storm itself hitting Brooklyn first, and hard, for a prolonged duration in the morning. MTA officials said they were hopeful they'd be able to run more or less normal service on Saturday. Lieber said 44 buses out of 3,500 got stranded at some point during the day, but all are now "out of harm's way." Deploying pump trains, covering all the grates, making sure that all the drains are working, and all the resiliency work we've done in the last two years since Hurricane Ida." "But, let me tell you, this would've been a lot worse if we hadn't gotten pretty good, unfortunately in the era of climate change, of preparing for these kind weather events. "Subway impacts are greatest in Brooklyn," Lieber said. He asked people to routinely check the MTA's website to get the latest on the changing conditions. Lieber said there was "good" Long Island Rail Road service, with cross honoring being offered. He said restoration of the New Haven line and Harlem lines was being worked on, but was "by no means certain." He urged those commuters to use the subway instead. Lieber said one of the three lines of Metro-North - the Hudson line - has been restored.
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