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"Maybe if they have the right conditions, they can do a nature-based shoreline approach, where they work in shoreline plants and rock rubble."

The federal government’s congressional watchdog agency is taking a look at a controversial plan that helps adjust water levels on Lake Ontario.

New York State will add relief to homeowners to a program meant to rebuild and recover from record high water levels along the Lake Ontario shoreline this year.

"We recognize that the storms will happen more and more often, become more and more severe - so this is going to be the new normal. What’s not clear yet is how intense it will be."

"The idea here is to make sure that people who live along the shorelines of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, make sure that they have a voice."

Flooding on Lake Ontario broke records this year. A lot of shoreline residents say they’ve never seen water levels anywhere near this year's, but in fact Lake Ontario has flooded many times before.

The Department of Environmental Conservation reports "record-breaking" fishing continues on those bodies of water, with the potential to catch huge fish from a wide variety of species.

"It is not the governor’s desire for this funding to be used for damage assistance. It’s to improve the resiliency of the lake shore."

"...we’ve had catastrophic flooding on the shore of Lake Ontario two out of three years," said Rep. John Katko (R-Camillus)

"...this evaluation is not going to happen fast enough to do anything for this year..."