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At-Risk Homes Now Face FEMA’s New Flood Maps. With the senate’s recent passage of a $50.5-billion Superstorm Sandy aid bill, some hard-hit homeowners in New York and New Jersey now face a new issue as the Federal Emergency Management Agency recently released new flood elevation map data for the city that details how rebuilding should occur. The new maps double the number of NYC properties lying in flood zones, and FEMA advises homeowners to build higher.