This law would require New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) to establish a pilot program for utilizing emergency shelter locations for the purpose of providing refuge prior to, and during, flash flood events. The pilot, which would last for three-years, would involve the operation of emergency shelter during flash flood events is no less than 10 neighborhoods, the location of which would be selected based on: the history of flash flood events in a given area; the presence of vulnerable populations residing in a given area; and the prevalence of subgrade dwellings in a given area. The pilot program would last for three-years.