ALBANY – Dozens of upstate residents failed to state the nature of their claim in a negligence lawsuit contending that mismanagement of the state’s canal system contributed to severe flooding during Hurricane Irene in 2011, according to a Court of Claims judge who dismissed the suit.
The plaintiffs accused the New York State Canal Corporation of failing to properly “monitor, maintain, control and operate” the locks, dams, canals and other waterways under its control in the Mohawk River Basin west of Albany. That, in turn, led to the improper drainage of the rains generated by Irene and the flooding of the claimants’ homes and businesses, according to the suit.
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