Increase access to addiction medicines / Letter to the Editor, NJ.com When you last heard from me, I called on Congress to stop sitting on a bill to save lives. I’m thrilled that the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act was finally passed out of a House committee in May. It may move for a floor Read More »
NEWS
9 months since Ida, NJ survivors still waiting for funds, answers
9 months since Ida, NJ survivors still waiting for funding, answers / NJ 101.5 The storm continues for plenty of New Jerseyans who were impacted or displaced by the remnants of Ida nine months ago. Marking the first day of hurricane season, Ida survivors, advocates, and federal lawmakers gathered in Trenton on Wednesday to shine a light Read More »
NJ Residents Say They’re Still Waiting for Hurricane Ida Aid, 9 Months Later
NJ Residents Say They’re Still Waiting for Hurricane Ida Aid, 9 Months Later / 4 New York / June 2, 2022 Nine months to the day since Ida’s rains struck New Jersey — leaving 30 people dead in the state, turning roads into waterways, flooding basements and leaving a path of destruction — some residents Read More »
New Jersey Ida Survivors Demand Government Release $200M In Housing Assistance As Many Still Struggling To Rebuild
New Jersey Ida Survivors Demand Government Release $200M In Housing Assistance As Many Still Struggling To Rebuild / CBS3 Philly / June 1, 2022 By Brandon Goldner MULLICA HILL, N.J. (CBS) – Nine months after the remnants of Ida caused tornados in South Jersey, you can still see some of the aftermath today. Nearly a year Read More »
NJ residents say they’re waiting for Ida aid 9 months later
NJ residents say they’re waiting for Ida aid 9 months later / AP News / June 2, 2022 By Mike Catalini TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey resident Shashuna Atwater is still living with the awful smell of sewage that inundated her basement when the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New Jersey nine months ago, destroying photographs, Read More »
Months without money; N.J. victims of Ida still waiting on relief
Months without money; N.J. victims of Ida still waiting on relief / The Press of Atlantic City / June 1, 2022 MIKE CATALINI | AP TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey resident Shashuna Atwater is still living with the awful smell of sewage that inundated her basement when the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New Jersey nine months Read More »
‘Messed up’: Nine months after Ida’s flooding slammed NJ, families still await federal aid
NJ families devastated by Hurricane Ida ask FEMA to speed aid response / NorthJersey.com / June 1, 2022 Ashley Balcerzak Nine months after the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck, killing at least 30 New Jerseyans and displacing thousands, flood survivors on Wednesday called on the federal government to get disaster aid out more quickly and learn Read More »
NJ families devastated by Hurricane Ida ask FEMA to speed aid response
NJ families devastated by Hurricane Ida ask FEMA to speed aid response / NorthJersey.com / June 1, 2022 Shirley Eosso with the New Jersey Organizing Project at a rally in Trenton on June 1, 2022 asks why FEMA aid has not yet been distributed Ashley Balcerzak, NorthJersey.com
Storm survivors say more federal funding needed for disaster recovery
Storm survivors say more federal funding needed for disaster recovery / NJ Spotlight News / June 1, 2022 MELISSA ROSE COOPER, CORRESPONDENT | JUNE 1, 2022 | ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, MORE ISSUES Grassroots advocates and storm survivors are calling on the federal government to do better when it comes to disaster recovery funding. They say storms like Tropical Read More »
‘Messed up’: Nine months after Ida’s flooding slammed NJ, families still await federal aid
‘Messed up’: Nine months after Ida’s flooding slammed NJ, families still await federal aid / Courier Post / June 1, 2022 Ashley Balcerzak Nine months after the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck, killing at least 30 New Jerseyans and displacing thousands, flood survivors on Wednesday called on the federal government to get disaster aid out more Read More »