New York considers real-estate law on flood risk
There's a loophole that allows home sellers to pay a $500 fee and avoid disclosing flood risk, lead paint and asbestos.
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There's a loophole that allows home sellers to pay a $500 fee and avoid disclosing flood risk, lead paint and asbestos.
HIGHLAND FALLS — Alan Oligario's home is prone to flooding — and he wishes someone had told him before he bought it.
A range of stakeholders have cited potential drawbacks to a $61.5 billion plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to construct storm barriers and gates. How will such structures affect fish and broader ecosystems, they ask, and why not factor in climate threats beyond storms?
New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill without a single "no" vote. It will be the first Northeastern state with strict flood disclosure.
The $53 billion Army Corps of Engineers plan is the largest of hundreds of coastal protection projects launched since Superstorm Sandy swamped the area in 2012.