2021 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 36 - Participation in Flood Insurance Programs
36-0111 - Flood Hazard Evaluation of State Facilities, Lands and Programs.

§ 36-0111. Flood  hazard  evaluation  of  state  facilities,  lands  and
           programs.
1. State agencies shall take  affirmative  action  to  minimize  flood
  hazards  and  losses  in  connection with state-owned and state-financed
  buildings, roads and other facilities, the disposition of state land and
  properties, the administration  of  state  and  state-assisted  planning
  programs,  and  the  preparation  and  administration of state building,
  sanitary and other pertinent codes. Such action shall include,  but  not
  be  limited  to,  requirements for the evaluation and reduction of flood
  hazards in the siting, planning, construction and  maintenance  of  such
  facilities   and   the  administration  of  such  programs;  needed  and
  economically feasible flood-proofing and other  protective  measures  of
  existing  state  facilities;  and  appropriate flood hazard restrictions
  binding  upon  purchasers  and  persons  acquiring   state   lands   and
  properties, or interests therein, and their successors.
2.  The  commissioner  shall  assist state agencies in determining and
  evaluating flood hazards and alternative protective measures, and  shall
  promulgate regulations, in consultation with the director of the budget,
  to  govern  the review by the commissioner of potential flood hazards at
  proposed construction sites of  state,  and  state-financed  facilities.
  Such   regulations   shall  ensure  that  reviews  thereunder  shall  be
  coordinated with those of appropriate environmental  impact  statements,
  project  notification and review systems, and state capital construction
  funding requests.
3. The department, pursuant to designation by the governor, shall  act
  as  the  state  coordinating  agency  for  the  national flood insurance
  program in order to assist in its review of state agency activities  and
  to serve as a resource for local governments.