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The planned drainage improvements in Woodmere. The red triangles are check valve locations. The green dots are storm water treatment devices.
Collecting public opinion on Five Towns projects
Santa Haanraadtz has lived in her home at 110 Bayswater Blvd., in Inwood, for 43 years, and has never seen a storm like Hurricane Sandy. more
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A $2.7 million project looks to reduce the high-tide flooding that occurs on Bayswater Boulevard and other streets in Inwood.
Curbing the high-tide flooding in Inwood
Town of Hempstead officials said they are ready to move on a $2.7 million project federal and state that aims to curb high-tide flooding in a portion of Inwood by installing check vales, drains and raising the roadways. more
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Congress must act to extend flood insurance
Long Islanders can empathize with the victims of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the Bahamas and left extensive damage in parts of the Carolinas. Nearly seven years after Hurricane Sandy hit, fears of the next Big One are still palpable in communities like . . . more
State Sen. Todd Kaminsky arguing on the Senate floor for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. With passage in both houses of the Legislature, and a vow from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the act into law, it would become the most aggressive plan to address climate change in the country.
New York poised to take the lead on climate change
With passage in both houses of the State Legislature, and a promise last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act into law, New York state is poised to … more
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On Bayswater Boulevard in Inwood flooding occurred after a February 2016 snowstorm.
Aiming to check Inwood's high-tide flooding
Jessie Specht is not a sailor but in her eight years of living on Walnut Road in Inwood she spends a portion of her day checking tide times, moon phases and the weather because when it is high tide and the moon is in its full phase and with or without a storm her street and others in the community flood. more
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Nassau County Deputy Planning Commissioner Sean Sallie introduced the Lawrence drainage improvement project at the village board meeting on Feb. 14.
Designing Lawrence village’s flood mitigation project
An $8.776 million drainage improvement project for the Village of Lawrence is expected to have a shovel hitting dirt in the summer of 2020, according to Nassau County officials and the engineers from the firm LKMA. more
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A map showing the FEMA-designated flood plain around the New York American Water facility on Starfire Court.
Neighbors raise worries about proposed NYAW chemical storage, generator
In 1997, a group of Hewlett and South Valley Stream residents banded together to oppose a New York American Water — then Long Island Water — project that would have altered the streets … more
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A series of similar storms this past March caused flooding, downed trees and power lines across the Five Towns.
Five Towns braces for nor’easter
As the last vestiges of the lingering warmth of summer fade, the Five Towns braces for rain, wind and even an outside chance of some wet snow this weekend. more
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Daniel Falt, chief of the Army Corps’ Sandy New York branch, discussed plans to reduce flooding in the Five Towns at Cedarhurst Village Hall on Oct. 10.
Aiming to stop storm surge in the Five Towns
While only a dozen or so Five Towns residents attended the Oct. 10 Army Corps of Engineers presentation at Cedarhurst Village Hall — in stark contrast to the crowd of 100 who had come to a … more
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Declare Nassau a sanctuary county
The promise inscribed on the Statue of Liberty — “send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me” — is the promise of hope that America makes . . . more
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