Mold Inspection in Tuckahoe, Where the Village Keeps No List
If nobody is writing down what your Tuckahoe building has done, the dated inspection you commission is the only record of it there will be.
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What Tuckahoe told the county, and what it does not keep
The Village of Tuckahoe told the county planners that its flood prone areas are Yonkers Avenue by the Bronx River watershed, Marbledale Road south to Midland Place, and Garrett Street, which was inundated during both Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene, and that the village presently keeps no list of damaged properties.
Source: Westchester County Department of Planning, accessed 2026-09-21
The New York State register of mold licenses shows no active mold assessment contractor and no active mold remediation contractor holding a license at a Tuckahoe address, and none within ZIP code 10707.
Source: New York State Department of Labor, via data.ny.gov, accessed 2026-09-21
The Village of Tuckahoe annex to the Westchester County Hazard Mitigation Plan records 103 flood insurance policies in force, 28 paid claims, $210,892.51 in total loss payments and 3 repetitive loss properties, on FEMA data dated July 2021.
Source: Westchester County Department of Planning, accessed 2026-09-21
The US Environmental Protection Agency states that where the moldy area is less than about ten square feet, roughly a three foot by three foot patch, a homeowner can in most cases handle the job themselves, and that where there has been a lot of water damage or growth covers more than ten square feet the larger-building remediation guidance applies.
Source: US Environmental Protection Agency, accessed 2026-09-21
Chapter 581 of the Laws of Westchester County requires that, before entering a written lease for residential or commercial occupancy, the owner notify the prospective tenant whether the property sits in a Special Flood Hazard Area on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps, and of the premises' propensity for flooding where flooding known to the owner has occurred at least once in the ten-year period immediately preceding the lease and caused flood damage to any part of the leased premises.
Source: Westchester County Board of Legislators, accessed 2026-09-21
Why a Tuckahoe inspection becomes the only file on your address
Tuckahoe has been specific with the county about where its water goes. The village named Yonkers Avenue by the Bronx River watershed, Marbledale Road south to Midland Place, and Garrett Street, which was inundated during both Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene. In the same answer it said it presently keeps no list of damaged properties. Those two statements together are the whole argument for commissioning a proper assessment here: the village knows the areas but is not recording the buildings, so a measured, dated, photographed report is the only document that will ever describe what happened at your address.
What to weigh before booking a Tuckahoe inspection
Expect to look outside the village for the licensee and plan the dates around that. The state register shows no active mold assessment contractor and no active remediation contractor holding a license at a Tuckahoe address, and none inside ZIP code 10707, so both halves of a lawful job travel in and the assessor is the one that has to arrive first. Set against that, the insurance record is comparatively light: 103 policies in force, 28 paid claims, $210,892.51 in loss payments and 3 repetitive loss properties on July 2021 FEMA data, which means most people here are paying for this themselves and speed is the only real control on the bill. If the patch is under about ten square feet you may be able to deal with it yourself, and we would rather tell you that.
Three named areas, no named buildings
Yonkers Avenue, Marbledale Road to Midland Place and Garrett Street sit in the village's own answer. Which houses flooded is recorded nowhere.
Garrett Street took water in two named storms
Inundated during both Irene and Sandy, by the village's own account. A repeat address is assessed differently from a one off.
No licensee inside the village or the ZIP
Zero of each type at Tuckahoe addresses and in 10707, so both appointments come from outside and the assessor goes first.
Water marks in a Tuckahoe basement?
Send the street and what you can see. The village record starts and stops at the area.
What a Tuckahoe inspection leads to
What Tuckahoe residents ask before booking an inspection
Can I find out whether my building flooded before I moved in?
If you rent and signed after 15 August 2022, yes. Chapter 581 of the Laws of Westchester County requires the owner to tell a prospective tenant whether the property is in a Special Flood Hazard Area and about flooding known to the owner in the previous ten years that damaged the premises. Ask for the completed form.
Nobody licensed is based in Tuckahoe. Does that slow things down?
It affects the dates rather than the outcome. The register shows no assessment or remediation licensee at a Tuckahoe address or in ZIP 10707, so the diary is set by travel and availability. Sending the request early is what protects your timetable.
Tell us whether it has happened twice
That single answer changes the whole shape of the report.