Chuck: Need to OK rebuild ASAP

Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday pointed to last week’s flooding from Hurricane Ida as a reason for Congress to quickly move forward on an infrastructure bill — as well as a larger budget deal.

“Global warming and the havoc it wreaks knows no political boundaries,” Schumer said. “Let us hope the solution knows no political boundaries, either, because this is a crisis.”

Schumer spoke during a news conference outside the Manhattan 28th St. station on the No. 1 line, which suffered heavy damage Wednesday night when a geyser of water burst through a wall.

Ida dumped record rainfall on New York, killing at least 13 people in the city.

The Senate last month passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that would send billions to New York for construction projects to shore up the city. The package still needs to be passed by the House of Representatives before it heads to President Biden’s desk for a signature.

But Schumer on Sunday said the bill only does so much to make New York’s infrastructure better prepared for climate change. He said the legislation mostly focuses on resiliency projects — but that a larger $3.5 trillion budget deal being negotiated in Congress is necessary to fund the type of projects that will “stop global warming in its tracks.”

“One bill can’t pass without the other,” Schumer said.

The infrastructure bill — which received bipartisan support in the Senate — would allocate upward of $10 billion for New York transportation projects, including the long-delayed extension of the Second Ave. subway to East Harlem. It would also send $142 million for electric vehicle infrastructure and new money for electric buses.