As a general development rule, floodplains make good amenity areas so maybe you could sell it to the city or neighboring HOA looking for parking and pickleball courts or similar, or look through the allowed uses in a floodplain per the COSA regulations and see if anything sparks for you.

At the end of the 14 day period it would be my choice to fix the door and charge him or to take other measures.When i asked her if she would send me a copy of the noncompliance letter to the tenant, she said she wouldnt do that unless this goes to court. 

In your experience, would you advise that it's best to avoid the complexities of the foreclosure purchase process as first property newbie, OR proceed with caution under the right circumstances.

It’ll take years for the courts to figure this out and like you said it’s be near impossible to collect anything

-Ana  Foreclosures in New York on average take years. since its a judicial state the courts will notice the foreclosure sale dates in the jurisdiction. so you can also check with courts/local sheriffs office

Once the court gives us back possession of the property, it's on us to get to work finding a new tenant.Moreover, even if you did persuade a sympathetic judge to award you a judgment for lost rents, how would you collect on it?

While you can say all the worst causes are covered by just cause laws it is adding to the courts and the courts well they can't handle well what they have. 

Hope y'all are well.I'm getting taken to small claims court (June 20,2024) by a tenant who is autistic and says I didn't "accommodate" her needs.

If the amount is under $5k they can take you to small claims court.

Attny gets the court date and sends notice as well.