Sewer blockage pushes waste into 300 New York City homes
By RYAN KRYSKA and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City's Kennedy Airport feeling sickened by the stench. A water condition caused the backup, pushing human waste into about 300 homes in Jamaica, Queens, officials said. Cynthia McKenzie said she woke up around 3 a.m.