Addressing longtime flooding on Cranford Drive, New City

Addressing longtime flooding on Cranford Drive, New City

By Supervisor George Hoehmann After 30 years of talking about and planning for the Cranford Drive drainage project in New City, we finally broke ground on this momentous project. The project will alleviate flooding incidents that have plagued the area for years. The root of the problem was an error in the flood insurance mapping […]

Creek Embankment Stabilization Project Completed in West Haverstraw Work

Creek Embankment Stabilization Project Completed in West Haverstraw Work

COUNTY PRESS RELEASE – Rockland County Executive Ed Day joined other officials last Thursday, Oct. 5 to announce the completion of a flood-prevention project along the Minisceongo Creek in West Haverstraw.   “The work we have done will prevent a repeat of the catastrophic flooding that occurred here six years ago during Hurricane Irene,” he said. […]

Concerned Citizens of Suffern Holds Second Flood Remediation Brainstorming Session

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Suffern – The Concerned Citizens of Suffern gathered local and state officials from both Rockland and Bergen County at the Suffern Community Center on May 3 to discuss continued progress on plans to develop flood safeguards in the Village of Suffern, protecting the Squire’s Gate community near the Mahwah River from deluges […]

GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES NY WORKS PROJECTS TO RESTORE AND REPAIR FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND DAMS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY

$5,690,200 Investment for 15 Flood Control and Dam Repair Projects Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $5,690,200 investment for NY Works projects that will allow for 15 flood control system and dam repair projects in the Hudson Valley. NY Works is designed to reinvent state economic development with innovative new strategy that will put […]