New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 36-0103. Definitions

1. “Area of special flood hazard” means any area subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year as determined by the federal emergency management agency.

2. “Local government with land use jurisdiction” means a city;  a town as to all areas within such town outside the limits of any village;  and a village.

3. “National flood insurance program” means that act of congress codified as chapter fifty of title forty-two of the United States code, all acts amendatory thereof and all regulations promulgated thereunder.