By Alison Arne When Hurricane Irene hit New Jersey in 2011, my family evacuated from Western Atlantic County. Because we lived inland, it came as a complete surprise when, in the middle of the night, first responders knocked on the door. They told us that we didn’t have to go, but at a certain point Read More »
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We are one step closer to Clawback Forgiveness
By Jody Stewart UPDATE: Congressman Van Drew has signed on to the HR6765 “Security after Sandy” Act.Thank you all for making calls, and emailing, and sharing your stories. Because of YOUR efforts an additional co-sponsor – Congressman Van Drew – signed on to HR6765! It’s also very exciting because we now have bi-partisan support – Read More »
What we need in our time to end the Overdose Crisis
By Eileen Palazza In the time that it takes you to read this article another person in New Jersey will die from an opioid overdose. And then another and then another. As mothers and fathers, wives, husbands, sisters and brothers stand by and are helpless to prevent the death of their loved ones, drug corporations Read More »
Standing up for our Homes – COVID Housing Relief
Thanks to Joe Mangino and Carlos Bonilla, members of our organization, for testifying in front of the committee in support the A4226 Mortgage Forbearance and Rental Assistance bill. Both Joe and Carlos are Superstorm Sandy survivors who have been displaced once from their homes due to the storm and find themselves once again fighting to Read More »
Sandy recovery groups find new mission with COVID-19
Sandy recovery groups find new mission with COVID-19 – by Michelle Brunetti Post, Press of AC Two groups that formed to help victims of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy recover are turning their crisis-handling skills to COVID-19, and are seeing the need for financial aid as primary this time. Organizers for OCNJ C.A.R.E. and the New Jersey Read More »
More than 7 years after Sandy, supplemental funds could help some storm victims rebuild
“More than 7 years after Sandy, supplemental funds could help some storm victims rebuild by Jean Mikle, Asbury Park Press 3/10/20 Nancy and Tony Caira can finally see a way back home. The Waretown couple has been living in limbo since superstorm Sandy flooded their 800-square-foot bungalow two houses away from Barnegat Bay. Short the Read More »
How Our Country Talks About The War On Drugs Is Backwards
How Our Country Talks About The War On Drugs Is Backwards by Joy Blackwood – OurFuture“How our country talks about the war on drugs is backwards,” said Kassandra Frederique, in her opening remarks to the first-ever convening of the People’s Action Overdose Crisis Cohort in Washington, D.C.“Criminalization of drug use and drug prohibition was no accident.” Read More »
Sandy contractor fraud is still a problem — NJ bill tries to help
Sandy contractor fraud is still a problem — NJ bill tries to help by Dino Flammia, New Jersey 101.5 More than seven years since Superstorm Sandy made landfall and decimated the Jersey Shore, victims of contractor fraud are still struggling to be made whole. A bill getting its final vote in Trenton on Monday would Read More »
BREAKING: HUD Nominee agrees to work with NJ on clawbacks
A New Opening: We have a new opportunity to push for RREM clawback forgiveness at the Federal Level – where the problem started in the first place. A man named David C. Woll has been nominated to be Assistant Secretary of HUD (currently he’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Read More »
On 7th Anniversary of Sandy Homeowners Deal with Clawbacks Rising Flood Insurance Rates
On 7th Anniversary of Sandy Homeowners Deal with Clawbacks Rising Flood Insurance Rates by Nanette Galloway – Downbeach VENTNOR – Seven years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Jersey shore, residents gathered at the home of survivor Fran Baronowitz in the Ventnor Heights section today to share stories about the aftermath of the storm. Although it was Read More »