As Hurricane Harvey continues its record-breaking rainfall in southeast Texas, for New Yorkers the photographs of inundated roadways and flooded homes are a familiar sight.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, which destroyed thousands of homes and vehicles in the New York City area and on Long Island and caused roughly $53 billion worth of damage and loss to the state, the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and several state agencies issued regulations to deal with the hurricane and its aftermath. That effort could provide a glimpse of the sorts of issues that might arise after Hurricane Harvey.
