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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Community Captain Program – APPLY NOW
We are facing an unprecedented crisis in our communities. New Jersey has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 deaths in the country. As of Monday April 27th, we had 111,188 *confirmed* cases, and 6044 people have lost their lives to the disease. These are challenging times – it is hard to watch Read More »
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 »
Making our Communities Whole – Sandy & Disaster Recovery
By Jody Stewart Clawback Forgiveness: You all are amazing. You have been working so hard to get petition signatures for our clawback forgiveness petition to David C. Woll that we’ve got over 1,000 and we’re ready to do petition deliveries! He hasn’t been confirmed for his new position yet, but it’s likely in the works, Read More »
Sandy funding ‘clawbacks’ deadline pushed back 1 year … for now
Sandy funding ‘clawbacks’ deadline pushed back 1 year … for now / NJ101.5 / 12/22/20 The U.S. government’s year-end spending bill includes relief for Sandy-impacted homeowners in New Jersey who remain on the hook to repay some of the federal disaster relief funds they were awarded in the aftermath of the October 2012 storm. The 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 »
BREAKING: HUD Nominee agrees to work with NJ on clawbacks
A New Opening: We have a new opportunity to push for RREM clawback forgiveness at the Federal Level – where the problem started in the first place. A man named David C. Woll has been nominated to be Assistant Secretary of HUD (currently he’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 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.