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
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed a bill that requires the state to provide residents participating in major Hurricane Sandy recovery grant programs with personalized timelines outlining when they will receive help. The legislation ( S2825) also mandates that the state Department of Community Affairs establish quarterly goals for how much recovery aid it… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: August 11th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie, Department of Community Affairs, Hurricane Sandy, RREM, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Chris Christie, DCA, Department of Community Affairs, Hurricane Sandy, RREM, RREM grants, Sandy Recovery Timeline, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Christie signs Sandy bill targeting recovery aid distribution
The unfinished front stairs to Joseph Ready’s elevated house in Union Beach look like something out of the game “Mousetrap.” Skinny, rickety, with bare-bones framing, the stairs lead to a shaky, rail-less landing 20 feet in the air. Ready worries some kid will climb up on a dare and bring the whole thing down. “It’s an… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 24th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, RREM, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Hurricane Sandy, Joseph Ready, Monmouth County News, RREM, RREM grants, Sandy recovery house from hell, Superstorm Sandy, Union Beach | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — New Jersey plans to shift nearly $30 million in Hurricane Sandy relief aid into a rebuilding program for low-to-moderate income residents whose homes were damaged in the storm, state officials announced on Monday. The money will be diverted from three other Sandy-related programs, including one that provides grants to towns to maintain essential services… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 6th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, RREM, Sandy recovery, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on N.J. to shift Sandy relief money to program for lower-income residents
Sandy Maglio and her husband Louis stand on the back deck of their home in Beach Haven West, which was damaged during Sandy. Sitting with her husband on the back deck of their home on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Beach Haven West section of Stafford Township, Sandy Maglio looks out on a channel where her…
Posted: June 12th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: FEMA, Hurricane Sandy, Monmouth County News, National Flood Insurance Plan, New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: FEMA, RREM, RREM grants, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on RREM’d again: Some Sandy Victims Have Second Thoughts About Reopening Insurance Claims
STAFFORD — If Joe Karcz had gone with his gut, he’d be home by now, instead of staring at his empty lagoon-front lot in Stafford Township. A disabled construction worker, Karcz, whose home was badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge, first thought he’d rehab it on his own, but then decided to get the funding… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 29th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Hurricane Sandy, RREM, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Chris Christie, Christie Administration, Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore, Joe Karcz, Monmouth County, Ocean County, RREM, RREM grants, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Sandy victims just want to go home
Thomas J Largey of Sea Bright questions Governor Christie abouth Hammerman & Gainer Inc at Middletown Town Hall Meeting on Feb 20,2013. Asbury Park Press Editor Randy Bergmann in background.
TRENTON —The state is paying a fired Hurricane Sandy housing recovery contractor another $7 million to settle a dispute over $21 million the company insisted it was owed after fewer than eight months of services that were plagued by stagnation, delays and inefficiencies. The state Department of Community Affairs announced the settlement with Louisiana-based Hammerman &… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 23rd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County | Tags: Hammerman and Gainer, Hurricane Sandy, RREM, Settlement, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on N.J. pays fired housing recovery firm $7M to settle Sandy dispute
A bill that aims to address ongoing problems raised by homeowners and advocates about New Jersey’s handling of Hurricane Sandy relief aid cleared the state Senate on Monday. The bill ( S2825), which was introduced by Senate President Stephen Sweeney in March, requires the state to give applicants in certain grant programs personalized timelines showing when… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 19th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Hurricane Sandy, RREM, Stephen Sweeney, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Hurricane Sandy, NJ Legislature, RREM, RREM grants, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on Sandy bill clears Senate; Sweeney says storm victims ‘deserve answers’
The pace of spending on Hurricane Sandy disaster programs in New Jersey waned in the first three months of this year compared to the previous quarter, a new report shows. Roughly $180 million in federal recovery funds were handed out in New Jersey in the last quarter, according to the state’s latest report to the federal… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 6th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Christie Administration, Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, Superstorm Sandy | Tags: Christie Administration, HUD, Jersey Shore, RREM, RREM grants, Superstorm Sandy | Comments Off on N.J.’s Sandy spending dipped in first quarter of 2015, report shows
TOMS RIVER — The state plans to spend most of the half billion dollars in Hurricane Sandy recovery funding allocated to New Jersey in the final round of aid from the federal government on affordable rental housing programs and grants for people who want to rebuild. But residents who spoke at a public hearing today in…
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