New Jersey families battling Sandy grant clawbacks for years welcomed Congressman Kim and Pallone’s introduction of the “Security After Sandy Act” in the House of Representatives today and applaud Senator Menendez’s upcoming introduction in the Senate. With the fiscal trouble facing families, municipalities, New Jersey and our nation due to the economic impact of COVID-19, Read More »
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Coronavirus: NJ must learn from Sandy in protecting homeowners, tenants | Mangino
Coronavirus: NJ must learn from Sandy in protecting homeowners, tenants | Mangino, Asbury Park Press As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across New Jersey, we also have to watch for the second wave, the long-term economic toll the disease will have on our state’s working families. Mandatory business shutdowns and social distancing are helping us curtail 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 »
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 »
700 families still not rebuilt 7 years after Superstorm Sandy in NJ
VIDEO – 700 families still not rebuilt 7 years after Superstorm Sandy in NJ – WPVI – Philadelphia, YahooNews.com Seven years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the New Jersey coast, about 700 families still have not finished rebuilding.
‘We’re All Trying To Rebuild’: Many Jersey Shore Residents Still Living In Limbo 7 Years After Superstorm Sandy
‘We’re All Trying To Rebuild’: Many Jersey Shore Residents Still Living In Limbo 7 Years After Superstorm Sandy by Cleve Bryan – CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Today marks the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. The deadly storm pummeled the Jersey Shore and other parts of the Northeast with heavy rain and winds of up Read More »
Superstorm Sandy Families Applaud New Opportunities for Recovery
Superstorm Sandy Families Applaud New Opportunities for Recovery – by Victoria Ford, Sandpaper – April 10th 2019 With Monday’s announcement of up to $100 million in disaster aid to be redirected to help 957 families still stuck in the construction phase of the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation program came a flood of relief for Read More »