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NY A06807

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gary Pretlow

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires insurers providing floodplain property insurance to offer coverage for damages caused by windblown waves or wave action to single-family homeowners residing in floodplains

  • Coverage must include the residence and appurtenances such as garages, boat docks, restraining walls, boat houses, and break walls

  • Defines "windblown waves" or "wave action" as conditions where high water below floodplain level is stirred by wind to create waves that crest above the floodplain level

  • Takes effect 90 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Requires insurers insuring property in floodplains to include damages done by wave action or windblown waves and make available to all insureds who reside in single family homes in a floodplain homeowners insurance covering such damage.

Last Action

referred to insurance

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Insurance3/14/2025

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