The Hudson River Valley in New York State is predicted to experience a wetter climate and at minimum, around a foot of sea level rise in the next century. This study aims to understand how different regional contexts along the Hudson River lead to more or less successful flood mitigation efforts through land use. Using a Flood Ordinance Review Scorecard, I examined what land use strategies 11 randomly selected municipalities are and are not implementing in their local ordinances to make their communities more flood resilient. I also interviewed planning practitioners and government staff from the communities selected to verify and add to the scorecard results. While flood mitigation actions are implemented at the local level, higher levels of governance were found to have substantial influence over what policies communities adopt. This emphasizes how important state support of resilience work is, even if it still falls to local governments to make the change.