Damage from Sandy in Lindenhurst, Long Island ? Nov. 29, 2012 (credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) ? The Federal Emergency Management Agency has unveiled its new flood zone map for Nassau County?s south shore.
At a FEMA community meeting Wednesday night at Valley Stream Village Hall, the federal agency displayed two new maps that showed thousands of south shore properties no longer listed in the flood zone.
WCBS 880 Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs reports
Valley Stream resident James McKnight?s home was not among the homes taken off the list and he said he is baffled by it.
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?I have to get flood insurance. It costs me an extra $2,000 [per year],? McKnight told WCBS 880 Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs. ?We?ve never flooded, we?ve never had anything. You can ring every doorbell. There?s never been a flood here.?
McKnight has been living in Valley Stream for 27 years. He said the cost of flood insurance affects people?s ability to sell their homes.
?I?ve seen a lot of sales go down the drain,? McKnight added.
More than 4,000 properties on the south shore, including Cedarhurst, Lynbrook and Valley Stream, have been removed from the new federal flood zone maps.
Parts of the south shore were battered in superstorm Sandy, with widespread flooding and power outages.
FEMA recently completed its analysis of the New York City coastline, which led to revisions of the flood insurance and flood zone maps.
Sen. Charles Schumer sponsored a measure that required FEMA to look at data from Jamaica Bay to update Nassau County?s flood maps.
About 60 properties were added to the new flood maps.
FEMA is expected to publish the maps later this month so property owners can check the status of their homes, the agency announced.
According to the agency?s website, FEMA has given more than $90 million in individual assistance to New York residents affected by superstorm Sandy.
Residents can call 877-FEMA-MAP for more information.
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