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Flooding puts damper on new housing

Richard Cunzo and his wife, Theresa, at the

Photo credit: Newsday/Judy Cartwright | Richard Cunzo and his wife, Theresa, at the entrance to their flooded basement. (September 4, 2012)

Judy Cartwright

Judy Cartwright Judy Cartwright

Judy Cartwright writes the Community Watchdog column

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Moving into a brand new home can be a wonderful thing. Until it's not.

On a street of new homes in Port Jefferson Station, the thrill of the new was short-lived. Richard Cunzo arrived in December and, within a few months, he was on the phone with the developer and Brookhaven Town to report that rain had collected in the roadway and risen so high that it flooded two of the family's cars parked...

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