Superstorm Sandy

Sweeping Reforms are Coming to the National Flood Insurance Program
Sweeping Reforms are Coming to the National Flood Insurance Program
Sweeping Reforms are Coming to the National Flood Insurance Program
New Jersey U.S. Senator Bob Menendez meets with Superstorm Sandy victims today in a press conference to outline new measures aimed at cleaning up the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Menendez said he's gotten assurances from FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator Brad Kieserman that they will collect and make available to every policy holder all alterations of engineering reports...
MacArthur Alleges FEMA’s Complicity with Insurance Companies
MacArthur Alleges FEMA’s Complicity with Insurance Companies
MacArthur Alleges FEMA’s Complicity with Insurance Companies
Listen to Entire Interview A bold and surprising assertion about The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from New Jersey's 3rd District (R) Congressman Tom MacArthur. The freshman representative, who's made his fortune in the insurance industry, alleges that FEMA wasn't a hapless government agency that stood idly by while observing the "big bad" insurance companies taking advantag
MacArthur Demands FEMA Administrator’s Resignation
MacArthur Demands FEMA Administrator’s Resignation
MacArthur Demands FEMA Administrator’s Resignation
Growing evidence of awareness inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of alleged insuror fraud aimed at short-changing Superstorm Sandy-ravaged homeowners prompts shore Congressman Tom MacArthur (R-3) to seek FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate's resignation.
Sandy Victim Forms Expert Panel to Discuss Recovery Issues
Sandy Victim Forms Expert Panel to Discuss Recovery Issues
Sandy Victim Forms Expert Panel to Discuss Recovery Issues
One of the leaders of a proposed lawsuit challenging the state and federal government's anemic response to Sandy victims, has put together a panel of public policy experts to come up with solutions this week. Dr. Phil Nufrio of Stop FEMA Now, who's also a Public Administration Professor at the Metropolitan College of New York, is organizing the panel at the American Society of Public Administratio
New State Program Helps Sandy Homeowners Pay Rent
New State Program Helps Sandy Homeowners Pay Rent
New State Program Helps Sandy Homeowners Pay Rent
Financial help will soon be available for families paying rent while waiting for the rebuilding or elevation of their Sandy damaged homes. According to nj.com, a new program announced by the state today will offer homeowners up to $825 dollars a month for up to three months to help cover the cost of temporary housing...
FEMA Flood Map Open Houses Bring Clarity to Ocean County
FEMA Flood Map Open Houses Bring Clarity to Ocean County
FEMA Flood Map Open Houses Bring Clarity to Ocean County
Some happiness, some disappointment but most of all clarity, is what the nearly 150 people who attended the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Open House felt after reviewing their preliminary Flood Hazard Maps at the Ocean County Administration Building's Cafeteria last night...
Free Legal Help for Sandy Victims
Free Legal Help for Sandy Victims
Free Legal Help for Sandy Victims
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ) is once again offering free Disaster Legal Response Clinics for people who are still dealing with legal issues related to Superstorm Sandy. The clinics continue seeing quite a few attendees even more than two years after the storm, but staff attorney Jessica Limbacher says the issues themselves are starting to change...
NJ Sandy Victims Prepare to Sue the Government
NJ Sandy Victims Prepare to Sue the Government
NJ Sandy Victims Prepare to Sue the Government
Residents of Ortley Beach, NJ watch their home get demolished (Mark Wilson, Getty Images)Superstorm Sandy victims frustrated with the state and federal government's response to their plight are organizing a class action lawsuit against them...

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