SMITHTOWN, N.Y. -- More help is on the way for Suffolk County, New York residents impacted by this month's devastating storm on Long Island ... flood insurance, which is a federal program run by FEMA.

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. -- More help is on the way for Suffolk County, New York residents impacted by this month's devastating storm on Long Island ... flood insurance, which is a federal program run by FEMA.

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Dozens of Suffolk County homeowners are shocked after they say FEMA denied their requests ... they would never think to have flood insurance. They are not anywhere near ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied a request for disaster money to help the Suffolk County homeowners who survived flood damage ... flooding on Long Island’s north shore ...

FEMA officials have testified to Congress that over 40 percent of NFIP claims made in 2017 to 2019 were for properties outside official flood hazard zones, or in areas the agency had yet to map.

Disputes over flood maps aren't uncommon. In 2021, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and Rep. Mikie Sherrill pushed FEMA to resolve a long-running dispute ... appealed a 2016 map revision, which FEMA altered ...