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Council advances bill to study and coordinate groundwater flooding response in Southeast Queens
Summary
Intro 10-67B would require the city to update the Southeast Queens flood mitigation plan, incorporate groundwater studies, and create an interagency task force publishing annual reports; council members said the bill will center residents' experiences and guide long-term adaptation.
Council Member Nantasha Williams introduced Intro 10-67B on May 28, a bill that the council described as bringing focused attention and coordination to groundwater flooding, a slowly developing problem affecting Southeast Queens.
Williams said groundwater flooding began decades ago after the closure of local wells and changes in land use and that it “happened slowly and silently, damaging basements,…
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