When we first met Joseph Ready, his Sandy-wrecked home in Union Beach was jacked 20 feet in the air, uninhabitable for his family, but open to feral cats and vandals. The cats left bird carcasses on his floors and the vandals clogged the toilet. He was living in a FEMA trailer, paying $850 a month in… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 14th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Joseph Ready, Monmouth County News, RREM, Superstorm Sandy, Union Beach | Comments Off on Christie’s back home, Sandy victims are not | Di Ionno
WASHINGTON — New Jersey’s U.S. House delegation split along party lines in questioning whether Gov. Chris Christie or the Obama administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development was at fault for the state getting just $15 million of a $1 billion program carved out of funds originally earmarked for Hurricane Sandy aid. The six Democratic lawmakers… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 3rd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Congressman Frank Pallone, Governor Chris Christie, HUD, HUD Secretary Julian Castro, Hurricane Sandy, President Barack Obama, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Is Christie or Obama to blame for N.J. getting so little Sandy aid?
WASHINGTON — Members of the New Jersey delegation want to ask U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro why their state got just $15 million in disaster preparedness funds under a program funded in the Hurricane Sandy aid bill. U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-4th Dist.), who arranged a meeting last March with Federal Emergency Management… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 22nd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Hurricane Sandy | Tags: Climate Change, Congressman Chris Smith, HUD, HUD Secretary Julian Castro, Hurricane Sandy, Senator Bob Menendez | 2 Comments »
WASHINGTON — New Jersey got only $15 million of the $326 million requested in disaster relief under a program funded in the Hurricane Sandy aid package in part because the state submitted “a weaker application,” a top federal official said Thursday. The award, announced Thursday by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro at an event… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 22nd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Chris Christie, HUD, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Comments Off on Why did N.J. miss out on $300M in federal Hurricane Sandy aid?
TRENTON — A Toms River man who received more than $218,000 in Hurricane Sandy relief aid has admitted to filing fraudulent applications for funding from government-run storm recovery programs, authorities said. Gregory Wagner, 63, pleaded guilty in state Superior Court on Monday to third-degree theft by deception, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. Wagner… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 30th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Crime, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, NJ Attorney General's Office, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on N.J. man who got $218K in relief aid admits to Sandy fraud
MOONACHIE — Gov. Chris Christie vowed Thursday, on the third anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, to assist everyone affected by the storm before his time as governor ends. “There will not be a family who is still hurting today who will not have their issues addressed,” the Republican presidential candidate said. Christie spoke in the warehouse of… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: October 31st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Chris Christie, Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Christie vows to finish Sandy recovery before term ends
SPRING LAKE — Spring Lake does not owe the federal government any Hurricane Sandy recovery money and can justify expenses that a federal audit said were not properly accounted for, borough officials said. An audit by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security contends the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) needs… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: October 14th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Spring Lake, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Dept of Homeland Security, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Sping Lake, Superstorm Sandy, W. Brian Dempsey | 2 Comments »
ASBURY PARK — A federal audit made public on Wednesday raises questions about more than $770,000 in grant funding Asbury Park spent after Hurricane Sandy, claiming the city did not provide sufficient evidence to support those costs. The city’s chief financial officer, however, said additional documentation has been filed that backs up that spending. The watchdog… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 24th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Asbury Park, FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | 4 Comments »
Highlands residents Kerry and Jamie Gowan speak at May 2015 announcement that FEMA is reopening Sandy related flood insurance claims
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Sandy homeowners who feel they didn’t get a fair shake from their insurance companies now have until Oct. 15 to ask the government to reopen their claims. The Federal Emergency Management Agency extended its deadline to handle as many as 141,800 requests from homeowners who were not in litigation, about 70,000 of them… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 21st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: FEMA, Flooding, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: FEMA, FEMA deadline, FEMA fraud, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Sandy victims’ new claim deadline: Oct. 15
Since March, when FEMA announced it would reopen claims for Sandy victims who believed they were short-changed by flood insurance carriers, there has been a concerted effort to get people on board. Meetings have been held in town halls, churches, backyards and banquet rooms. Information sessions have been hosted by politicians, law firms, nonprofits and private… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: September 12th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, National Flood Insurance Plan, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: FEMA, Flood Insurance, Flood Insurance Claims, Fraud, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, September 15, Superstorm Sandy | 2 Comments »
