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Hurricane Sandy. (Photo: BKLYNER)SOUTH BROOKLYN – After months of advocacy from Council Members Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch for additional Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods to be included in a flood insurance program, 2,500 low and moderate-income homeowners can now take part and potentially save thousands of dollars. The program will
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Photo via Flickr/Marcela. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcelamcgreal/17266191336/in/photolist-5BtSXZ-bHmKci-siKK95-GZ7fAW-5E8vrU-7z9K7M-fY431-saqNhB-9Rm9tQ-949Rcp-ddmee8-mRYU9X-dac1YZ-jm61hy-bzn8re-ztVUY3-oRiDuG-tFxS7Y-dnG94q-fY6Ff-9J97Hi-xbcAWm-FecfiJ-evGAjR-4gVLFZ-74YcAo-fWfi3-rsGxza-s9N3ne-u5Zm8B-tmAwnL-EU2JoH-Ff9kPF-GYuTom-73JpTQ-sqHtcb-uj6bxW-cjiXCL-6v26yB-4qppN8-8quJ5P-9KBRry-eyD1Az-nVRjwq-81dnit-jq65vt-7GPusm-fjwbq-82WGZ-4XFLPA] Here’s our list of great things to do in and around the n
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Section of Preliminary FEMA Flood Map showing coastline near Fort Greene. (Courtesy: FEMA)As the southern East Coast braces for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew, we thought it would be useful to return to the topic of climate resiliency in our part of Brooklyn. In January, 2015, the Federal Emergency
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Section of Preliminary FEMA Flood Map showing Sunset Park coastline. (Courtesy: FEMA)As the southern East Coast braces for the arrival of Hurricane Matthew, we thought it would be useful to return to the topic of climate resiliency in our part of Brooklyn. In January, 2015, the Federal Emergency Management
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Residents lining up to ask questions. By Lenore FedowBy Lenore Fedow Councilman Chaim Deutsch, district 48, held an open community forum August 10 at James Madison High School to address the flooding and sewage backups that tend to follow heavy rainfall [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/07/trees-power-outages-reported-southern-brooklyn-flash-flood-photos/] . “We should
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Residents lining up to ask questions. By Lenore FedowBy Lenore Fedow Councilman Chaim Deutsch, district 48, held an open community forum August 10 at James Madison High School to address the flooding and sewage backups that tend to follow heavy rainfall [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/07/trees-power-outages-reported-southern-brooklyn-flash-flood-photos/] . “We should
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Neighbors who missed out or gave up [/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] on the city’s Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/rebuild.shtml] program may get a second chance to have their home elevated thanks to an $8.8
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The bungalows along Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)For the second year in a row, Sandy-battered homeowners are getting squeezed by the FEMA flood insurance program. Homeowners in high-risk flood zones could see their insurance rates spike by as much as 25 percent, under new FEMA guidelines that
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A boarded up home. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Homeowners in Superstorm Sandy-impacted neighborhoods, who are seeing the first measurable signs of progress [/three-years-after-sandy-build-it-back-makes-headway-in-sheepshead-bay/] in the city’s Build it Back program, may experience a spike this year in their property taxes due to storm recovery efforts. “This past year,
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Photo by Leon LipkovichGovernor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-legislation-support-homeowners-impacted-superstorm-sandy] Thursday, the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, designed to regulate insurance claims related to sewer backups that occur during storms. The law requires the Department of Financial Services to examine and make
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Homeowners in areas hard hit by Superstorm Sandy in Southern Brooklyn and Staten Island are now at-risk of another blow: skyrocketing flood insurance premiums. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is currently re-drawing floodplain maps, which will create a sudden spike in insurance premiums for homeowners rezoned into high-risk flood
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During the meeting, Marty Golden used a microphone similar to the one in this picture. Photo by Erica ShermanState Senator Marty Golden covered a range of issues from heroin to flood insurance at a well-attended meeting of the Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting last night. Here’s the cliff notes
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would scale down scheduled hikes in flood insurance rates that could have seen some homeowners paying 10 times the amount they do now. The bill, the Homeowners Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, will now go to the Senate,
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The Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association will be meeting this evening, October 7, at 8:00 p.m. at Public School 195, 131 Irwin Street in Manhattan Beach. The meeting will feature Stuart Fries, vice president of Garber, Atlas, and Fries Insurance Company, who will give a lengthy presentation about the
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsOne of the worst consequences of Superstorm Sandy is the inevitable rise of insurance rates which are expected to come on the heels of FEMA’s redrawing of the city’s flood zone lines [/new-flood-zone-lines-are-here/]. The new flood zone lines will force people to both buy expanded flood
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Photo by Erica ShermanState Senator Marty Golden has scheduled two visits of the New York State Department of Financial Services’ Insurance Response Unit to aid victims in his district who were affected by Superstorm Sandy. Today, March 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., the NYS