NJ Trailblazer Amanda Devecka-Rinear Honored During Women’s History Month / Sandpaper / March 30, 2023 By Victoria Ford LEADER: Devecka-Rinear (right) stands with Sen. Robert Menendez (left), his wife, Nadine Arslanian, and his granddaughter Evangelina, named for his mother/her grandmother, as is the annual Women’s History celebration. (Supplied Photo) Amanda Devecka-Rinear is a trailblazer – Read More »
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Somerville: A Lifeline for Those Still Recovering from Hurricane Ida
Somerville: A Lifeline for Those Still Recovering from Hurricane Ida / TapInto / March 22, 2023 By Rod Hirsch SOMERVILLE, NJ – Help is near for the victims of Hurricane Ida still working to recover from the 2021 storm. “After Hurricane Ida hit in 2021, I often wondered if I would ever recover. The storm Read More »
New Jersey residents fight to return home more than 1 year after Hurricane Ida
New Jersey residents fight to return home more than 1 year after Hurricane Ida / news12 NJ / March 7, 2023 By News 12 Staff There are some New Jersey residents who are still recovering more than a year after Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction around the state. New Jersey residents fight to Read More »
More help is coming for NJ Ida victims. Groups helping survivors call 16-month wait ‘criminal.’
More help is coming for NJ Ida victims. Groups helping survivors call 16-month wait ‘criminal.’ More help is coming for NJ Ida victims. Groups helping survivors call 16-month wait ‘criminal.’ / Gothamist / March 3, 2023 By Karen YI New Jersey’s Department of Human Services says it began making case managers available to Hurricane Ida Read More »
Sea Change RCO’s Dual Goal to Serve Recovery Community While Influencing Policy
Sea Change RCO’s Dual Goal to Serve Recovery Community While Influencing Policy | The SandPaper | March 1, 2023 By Victoria Ford Sea Change is more than a nonprofit recovery community organization. It’s a vehicle for change in the lives of those affected by substance use disorder, and it’s moving at high velocity. In short, Read More »
State promises to re-examine Sandy forbearance program after KIYC investigation
State promises to re-examine Sandy forbearance program after KIYC investigation | News12 NJ| February 6, 2023 By Walt Kane A Kane In Your Corner investigation has led to results for homeowners who said the state wasn’t keeping up its end of the Superstorm Sandy mortgage forbearance program. The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is promising Read More »
Why whale deaths are dividing environmentalists — and firing up Tucker Carlson
Dead whales are usually a sure-fire way to unite environmentalists — but not in New Jersey. Instead, a recent spate of beached whales in the Northeast is exposing rifts among activists, energizing Republicans and threatening to complicate one of President Joe Biden’s top energy goals. Since December, at least nine whales have been stranded on Read More »
Federal clawback of money from Sandy survivors halted indefinitely
Federal clawback of money from Sandy survivors halted indefinitely | NJ Spotlight News | January 23, 2023 BRIANA VANNOZZI, ANCHOR Interview: Jody Stewart, community organizer of New Jersey Organizing Project For thousands of Superstorm Sandy survivors in New Jersey, recovery has been a slow and sometimes painful process. One of the biggest sources of stress Read More »
KIYC: Sandy survivors told they owe thousands in back interest on ‘interest-free’ forbearances
KIYC: Sandy survivors told they owe thousands in back interest on ‘interest-free’ forbearances | News 12 | January 23, 2023Thousands of homeowners who survived Superstorm Sandy took advantage of the state’s forbearance program, which state officials said would give them interest-free extensions. But five years later, a Kane In Your Corner investigation finds some of those homeowners Read More »
Need help recovering from Ida? NJ launches programs for homeowners, renters, neighborhoods
Advocates in NJ demand fixes from FMA after Ida aid falls short | Gothamist | December 16, 2022 By Karen Yi Advocates working with survivors of Hurricane Ida want FEMA to immediately provide more housing assistance to displaced residents in New Jersey. Nine groups sent a letter to FEMA representatives this month, expressing concerns that fewer Read More »