Dr. Matthew Steinberg, shown here rescuing a cat, turned to Firstrust Bank after his veterinary practice on Long Island was devastated by a flash flood in August.
When a rare flash flood in the early morning hours of Aug. 19 ravaged his business, Dr. Matthew Steinberg, the owner of Commack Veterinary Center in Long Island’s Suffolk County, was left in a state of despair.
Dr. Steinberg’s practice was one of several businesses in a strip mall that unexpectedly saw several feet of flooding. Centrally located on Long Island, almost equidistant from Smithtown Bay to the north and Great South Bay to the south, none of them had flood insurance…