Ten Years After Sandy, Survivors Say: No More Sequels

Previous Next 2022 marks a decade since Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the east coast, plunging our New Jersey communities into a long, exhausting, and still incomplete recovery process. As part of a national coalition of storm survivors and organizations from New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Puerto Rico, we gathered on the tenth anniversary Read More »

10 Years After The Storm: Locals Talk About Hurricane Sandy.

10 Years After The Storm: Locals Talk About Hurricane Sandy / October 29, 2022 By Daniella Heminghaus On October 28, 2012, the day before Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the area, crews in Point Pleasant Beach were putting sandbags along the boardwalk storefronts and making oversized sand dunes along the beach in hopes both would Read More »

A decade after Hurricane Sandy, fight to reform disaster relief continues

A decade after Hurricane Sandy, fight to reform disaster relief continues | New Jersey Monitor | October 27, 2022 BY: DANA DIFILIPPO After Hurricane Sandy flooded Robert Lukasiewicz’s home a block from the bay in Atlantic City, the problems piled up. Contractors pocketed his money but never finished their work. He couldn’t afford flood insurance, making Read More »

SANDY 10 YEARS LATER: The nightmare of Sandy fraud

SANDY 10 YEARS LATER: The nightmare of Sandy fraud | WCBS News Radio | October 26, 2022 TOMS RIVER, N.J. (WCBS 880) — Barnegat Bay is sparkling through Doug Quinn’s living room window, but the beauty is tempered by the trauma of Superstorm Sandy. “Personally, even on a beautiful day like this, I will catch myself Read More »

Thousands of NJ families still not home 10 years after Superstorm Sandy

Thousands of NJ families still not home 10 years after Superstorm Sandy| News 12 New Jersey | October 24, 2022 By: Walt Kane More than 7,000 New Jersey families have used reconstruction grants to return home after Superstorm Sandy destroyed their homes, according to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. But for some, it was Read More »