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cjel-14145	Richardson, Danielle	Mitigating Damage from Natural Disasters: Requiring the Retrofitting of Pre-Existing Buildings to Meet Safety Standards	2025	35	.pdf	application/pdf	14054	710	57	In the aftermath of the 2012 Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed around 300 homes in New York City, damaged over 69,000 residential units, and caused $19 billion in damages, New York City established new building codes to try to mitigate the damage from future hurri- canes.92 On January 31, 2013, New York City implemented a new rule regarding design flood elevations for buildings in Structural Occu- pancy Category I and II which would require a design flood elevation of at least one to two feet higher—depending on the dwelling type— than previous levels.93 This Note will argue that state and local governments should change building codes to require that existing buildings be retrofitted in a timely manner to be able to withstand future natural disasters.	cache/cjel-14145.pdf	txt/cjel-14145.txt