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“Every time it rains, every time the wind blows from the wrong direction, we’re battling to stay dry, to stay open.”
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“If you look at the marina we’re standing in, you see the devastation. And things are particularly dire here in Fair Haven and Little Sodus Bay, because some of the critical infrastructure has collapsed."
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“We’re here today because our government representatives and public administrators promised after 2017 that this would never happen again failed to provide oversight and monitor - they need to do their jobs,"
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The IJC put a new management plan, Plan 2014, in place three years ago. Two out of those three years have brought severe flooding and millions of dollars in damage to the region.
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There is word that the board of the International Joint Commission, the U.S. – Canadian agency that manages the waters shared by the two countries, may hold an emergency board meeting on Wednesday, to look at issues involving recent shoreline flooding.
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Schumer says he’s lobbying for federal dollars to help the waterfront residents on the Southern Shore of Lake Ontario.
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“Saying to people who just went through a flood in 2017. 'Whoops. We’re going to do it again.' That I think is harsh. Not being financially responsible for the damage that they do, that I think is harsh. Not being responsive, and fair to New Yorkers, that I think is harsh.”
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The IJC “has no excuse for its failure to prepare for adequately managing the high-water levels Lake Ontario has experienced and continues to experience this year.”
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Officials who help regulate the level of Lake Ontario are pointing to some hopeful signs in the effort to deal with the ongoing flooding issues along the lake shore.
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"Many people have water in their house. We have wet basements. Trying to keep up with sump pumps so they don’t fail."