An attorney representing former residents of an Elmont senior co-op said a county lawsuit for housing residents after their building was flooded nearly two years ago may soon reach a settlement.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and county attorneys had sued the management company of the 1888 Foster Meadows co-op and the co-op residents who were shareholders of the building after the county provided emergency shelter for residents in a Sept. 29, 2023, flood.

The county filed the lawsuit after Nassau moved about a dozen residents to stay at the Long Island Marriott for 11 nights, tallying a hotel bill of $43,000. County officials said in the lawsuit that they spent more than $200,000 to house and feed the residents. 

The attorney for the residents, Dorian Glover, said in Nassau County Supreme Court on Wednesday morning that he was presenting a settlement offer from the county for the co-op board's approval.

"We have received a settlement proposal from the court that is amenable to what we’ve discussed in this process," Glover said.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed because it hasn’t been approved by residents, Glover said. He said the settlement would address the cost of their hotel stay after many were left homeless and some without insurance.

"I think we have moved progressively to what is fair and I will present this to the board for their consent," Glover said after the hearing.

County attorneys appeared by video during the hearing, but did not comment.

An attorney for the management company, Woods and Ruff, did not return a call for comment.

The Elmont building had chronic flooding for a decade and about 60 residents were forced from their homes after the 2023 flood destroyed a fire alarm system and the boiler in the building’s basement. A frozen pipe burst the following winter, causing additional flooding and mold that made the building uninhabitable.

After the hotel stay, many residents were moved to the county’s A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility. Other residents were scattered across the country.

The vacant building burned down in December in an overnight fire. Nassau County fire marshals said the cause was undetermined.

The remainder of the building was demolished after Town of Hempstead building inspectors deemed it an unsafe structure. Residents still own the vacant property where the building once stood.

County attorneys suggested in a January hearing that they could sell the property to cover a portion of the county's costs.

Glover said Tuesday there had been no change to the property, which has appreciated in value for potential future development.