flood zones

Oct
30

Flood Insurance Affordability Study Will Focus On Sheepshead Bay & Gerritsen

Homes along Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Three years ago, many residents of Sheepshead Bay and its surrounding
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Feb
25
Assemblyman Colton Warns Of Imminent Flood Insurance Hikes

Assemblyman Colton Warns Of Imminent Flood Insurance Hikes

Homeowners in areas hard hit by Superstorm Sandy in Southern Brooklyn and Staten Island are now at-risk of another blow:
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Oct
24

Fed Legislators Hoping To Delay Rise In Flood Insurance Rates As Sandy Anniversary Nears

Source: FEMA via nytimesAs the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy draws near, homeowners living along the shores are staring
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Jun
19

City Releases New Evacuation Zone Map, Adding 600,000 People

New evacuation mapMayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration released a new evacuation map on Tuesday, creating a more zone system and
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May
23

Breaking News: Flash Flood Alert Until 5:30 Tonight

Photo: http://www.farah.net.au/This just in from the National Weather Service… Notification issued on 5/23/13
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Feb
22

Council Members Call For Bill To Ensure Quality Control For Elevated Homes

After Superstorm Sandy hit us late last October, everyone knew that the future of maintaining a residential home close to
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Nov
02

After Sandy’s Devastation, Senator Golden Wants Gerritsen Beach Reclassified As Zone A

The following is a press release from State Senator Marty Golden: Brooklyn- State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) yesterday
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Sep
19

Batten Down The Hatches Now, Or Suffer The Great Flood Of 2080

Unless radical “hover home” technology gets developed in the latter part of the 21st century, the New York Times has
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