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Voters deserve more competitive contests

Every two or four years, we get to hold our elected officials accountable for the decisions they have or haven’t made, the actions they took or didn’t. more

11/7/13

Flood map vote was not good for village

In the legal community, there is a well-known adage that goes “When you don’t have the law, argue the facts. When you don’t have the facts, argue the law. When you have neither, pound on the table and yell a lot.” more

By Joseph Margolin and Carol Crupi | 8/8/13

Hope for flood zone homeowners

With flood insurance rates set to rise for more than 800 Valley Stream homeowners who will remain in the high-risk flood zone, a bill currently making its way through the U.S. Senate could delay those increases for at least a year. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 8/8/13

Robert D. Barra is the Valley Stream village clerk.

Adoption of flood map was only choice

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, love it or hate it, produced new flood maps late last year and asked the village to adopt them into law in order to stay in the National Flood Insurance Program. The controversial 2009 flood maps would now be a thing of the past with the village’s approval. more

By Robert D. Barra | 8/1/13

Adopting flood map a beginning, not an ending

The Valley Stream village board’s decision to adopt a new flood map on July 15 was the right move, but this hardly ends the three-year-long battle for a more accurate map. more

7/25/13

Disappointed by flood map vote

On Monday evening, the Village of Valley Stream held a public hearing to determine whether the village would endorse and approve FEMA’s revised flood zone maps. more

7/18/13

Insurance rates must be reasonable

On Monday night, the village of Valley Stream held a public hearing with regard to the adoption of the new FEMA flood maps, and an alarming issue emerged with regard to insurance rates. more

7/18/13

Bill McDonnell, left, a representative of FEMA, answered questions about flood maps in other communities.

Valley Stream signs off on flood map

More than 1,500 homes in Valley Stream will be removed from the high-risk flood zone following the adoption of a new map by the village board on Monday night. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/17/13

New flood maps, which were unveiled to the public in January, will be up for discussion at Valley Stream Village Hall on July 15.

Flood map decision nears in Valley Stream

Valley Stream residents will get their say on July 15 on proposed new flood maps that would remove more than 1,500 homes in the south end of the village from the high-risk flood zone. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/11/13

A Stream bed, shown where emerges from underground at East Argyle Street, is the reason several homes near Cornwell Avenue are in the high-risk flood zone.

Valley Stream’s forgotten flood zone

When most of Valley Stream’s south side was added to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s high-risk flood zone in 2009, it sparked much outrage. But even before that change, there were areas of the village already at risk for flooding, at least according to FEMA. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 6/12/13

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