NYC and Long Island Could Lose 80,000 Homes to Flooding by 2040, Exacerbating Housing Crisis: Report

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesApr 8, 2025, 7:53 pm202 ptsTop
By the year 2040, New York City and Long Island could lose over 80,000 homes to flooding, according to Averting Crisis, a new report released on Monday by the nonprofit Regional Plan Association (RPA). The report said that in every NYC borough, it was likely that tracts of land would become impossible to…

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