Sidney is in retreat. Situated next to the Susquehanna River in the Catskill Mountains of New York, the village was built on a floodplain on the south side of the river. In 2006, Sidney was hit by a record-breaking storm that dropped 14 inches of rain over the upper Susquehanna Basin. The village suffered major damage to multiple structures in its extensive flood prone areas, including the main street business district and adjacent residential neighborhoods. The community, of course, focused on rebuilding because the flood was thought to be a one in one hundred year event and that it would not likely happen again. Just five years later, Tropical Storm Lee hit the village, causing widespread structural damage in the floodplain. Things in this community then changed. To read more click http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2014/10/the-remarkable-case-of-sidney-new-york.html.