Your Shore home prone to flooding? Your wallet won’t like new FEMA insurance plans by Jean Mikle – Asbury Park Press Some homeowners in Monmouth and Ocean counties who live in the state’s most flood-prone areas could face soaring insurance premiums under an ongoing overhaul of the federal flood insurance system, according to new data released Read More »
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Evidence Shows Wind Farms Will Not Affect Shore Tourism
Evidence Shows Wind Farms Will Not Affect Shore Tourism, by Pat Trotter – Sandpaper Offshore wind development is inevitable for the Atlantic Seaboard. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has begun the process to select from a competitive field of submissions for offshore wind development. This activity has sparked a shocking amount of misinformation Read More »
Weary But Determined: Sandy Survivors Gather with Congressman Andy Kim for Community Solutions
Weary But Determined: Sandy Survivors Gather with Congressman Andy Kim for Community Solutions by Victoria Ford, 11/4/20 Residents who gathered online on Oct. 29 to mark the eighth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy were joined by Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District. It was the Southern Ocean County-based New Jersey Organizing Project’s timely Read More »
On Eighth Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, People’s Bill Advances; COVID Impacted Homeowners and Renters Face Tsunami of Evictions
On Eighth Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, People’s Bill Advances; COVID Impacted Homeowners and Renters Face Tsunami of Evictions – InsiderNJ, 10/29/20 TRENTON – The New Jersey Senate today approved a series of amendments to the “People’s Bill,” an unprecedented piece of legislation that would keep families impacted by COVID-19 in their homes by preventing foreclosures Read More »
Letter: Be Prepared
Letter: Be Prepared by Chuck Griffin, Sandpaper 10/28/20 To the Editor: We need to accept that COVID-19 makes everything more difficult. Schools, work, groceries … everything has become a challenge. We also need to accept that climate change is a reality. New Jersey has been experiencing more severe weather every year, and we know it is Read More »
Caravan of protesters calls on N.J. Senate to pass housing relief bill and prevent mass evictions
Caravan of protesters calls on N.J. Senate to pass housing relief bill and prevent mass evictions by Sophie Nieto-Munoz – NJ Advance Media for NJ.com 09/24/20 Nearly 30 cars drove down West State Street in Trenton Thursday while chanting, honking and playing music to call on the state Senate to pass a housing relief bill Read More »
Preventable Overdoses
Preventable Overdoses by Danielle Hagler – Sandpaper 09/23/20 To the Editor: Too many of our friends, family members and neighbors are dying unnecessarily. I am writing to urge all New Jerseyans to take action and help stop the opioid overdose crisis. In New Jersey alone we lose 10-plus people per day. Since the pandemic started, Read More »
NJ Legislature voted on over 100 bills today. Here are the ones you should know about
NJ Legislature voted on over 100 bills today. Here are the ones you should know about by Stacey Barchenger & Ashley Balcerzak – NorthJersey.com COVID-19 Housing relief Renters who are financially hurt by the pandemic could not be evicted, penalized or fined for not paying rent during a public health emergency or 60 days after, if they Read More »
House bill that would eliminate Superstorm Sandy ‘clawbacks’ advances
House bill that would eliminate Superstorm Sandy ‘clawbacks’ advances by Justin Auciello – WHYY Legislation pending in the U.S. House of Representatives would eliminate millions of dollars in “clawbacks” that some victims of Superstorm Sandy still struggle to afford. Many homeowners who received state and federal assistance after Sandy were asked to pay back some Read More »
Worst of COVID-19 Toll on Mental Health Yet to Come
Worst of COVID-19 Toll on Mental Health Yet to Come by Michael Symons, WPG Talk Radio – 06/12/20 The worst of the coronavirus, or at least its first wave, appears to over in New Jersey. But the psychological impacts, both for essential workers and the public at large, will reverberate. An Assembly committee heard nearly three Read More »