2021 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 36 - Participation in Flood Insurance Programs
36-0103 - Definitions.

§ 36-0103. Definitions.

1. "Area of special flood hazard" means any area subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year as determined by the federal emergency management agency.

2. "Local government with land use jurisdiction" means a city; a town as to all areas within such town outside the limits of any village; and a village.

3. "National flood insurance program" means that act of congress codified as chapter fifty of title forty-two of the United States code, all acts amendatory thereof and all regulations promulgated thereunder.


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