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Cheaper federal insurance for LIers added to flood map
Quick ReadThousands will be eligible for lower-cost federal coverage starting in January that could save them $1,000 a year.
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Thousands of Long Island property owners - added last fall to the new federal high-risk flood zone map and suddenly faced with a whopping flood insurance bill - will be eligible for lower-cost federal coverage starting in January that could save them $1,000 a year.
After a wave of complaints from angry homeowners saying they couldn't afford standard flood insurance policies covering them after...
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