Flirting with disaster: Flood zones still uninsured years after Sandy
This story was originally published on Oct. 28 by THE CITY.
Seven years after Superstorm Sandy deluged New York City, more than eight out of 10 properties in coastal areas the federal government deems extremely vulnerable to the next disaster are without flood insurance, an investigation by THE CITY found.
Meanwhile, the number of flood insurance policies protecting New Yorkers has dropped markedly since the end of 2013 in two of the boroughs hardest hit by the storm: Staten Island, which saw an 18 percent decline, and Queens, which experienced an 8 percent decrease.