REMARKS
Council Member Gennaro discusses bills on sewer backups and flood mapping
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Council Member James F. Gennaro provides brief remarks on two bills he has introduced: Intro 814-A about sewer backups and Intro 815-A about flooding maps. He explains the importance of these bills in addressing climate change impacts and severe storms in New York City.
- Intro 815-A involves creating two separate maps: coastal flood maps and inland flood hazard area maps
- The inland flood mapping will be crucial for informing DEP stormwater management planning and the safe placement of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
- Gennaro emphasizes that these bills represent a proactive approach to dealing with climate change impacts on the city
James F. Gennaro
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Thank you, madam and majority leader.
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I think the speaker did a great job in talking about I got I got, 2 bills, 814 a about, sewer backups.
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I think that I think the speaker covered that, very well.
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I wanna keep my remarks brief.
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It's a long meeting.
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85, 815 a about the flooding maps.
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Just a little, more detail.
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There are 2 separate maps.
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One is, you know, coastal flood map and we know all about the need for that from Sandy and also so called inland flood hazard area maps.
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Those are critical for the very intense rainstorms, that we get now.
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So it's 2 separate, mapping initiatives, that will provide great benefit, particularly with the inland flood areas, because heavy rains, this is this is what is happening.
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It will help inform, you know, DEP stormwater management planning, and also, you know, critical to today.
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It will, it will be, the inland flood mapping, maps and the information that it provides will be a very important resource for mapping the appropriate and safe placement of ADUs.
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So, there are many applications to these, to these maps and together these bills represent a proactive approach in dealing with the growing impacts on climate change and severe storms in our city.
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Thank you very much.
