Stop FEMA Now

If you have a sandy damaged home in a flood zone, should you elevate and rebuild or sell it? Experts help you find out what's best for you in a workshop Saturday hosted by Stop FEMA Now.

With the National Flood Insurance Program up for renewal at the end of the month, the group Stop FEMA Now is holding a two-day re authorization conference beginning tomorrow in Washington D.C. to encourage change.

Slowly-emerging details of proposed methods to pay for President Trump's wall on the Mexican border draw withering response from Jersey Shore legislators on Capitol Hill, and from grassroots Superstorm Sandy activists - because one component would be a surcharge on premiums in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

If you're one of the tens of thousands of Superstorm Sandy survivors trying to rebuild with federal or state help that's less than you expected, the next seven days offer you ample opportunity to learn if you can qualify for more.

Although thousands of Sandy-impacted homeowners in New Jersey could potentially receive additional insurance money by reopening claims to the Federal Emergency Management's National Flood Insurance Program, a number of people remain hesitant to do so.

Fed up with inaction on storm protections for the Toms River shorefront, two citizens' groups collaborate for a July 18 protest march in Ortley Beach that they hope will draw crowds of equally-irate Superstorm survivors.

Sandy-impacted homeowners still undecided about whether to reopen claims denied by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), can get advice from a seminar being hosted by Stop FEMA Now this Saturday.

A caravan of hundreds of Super storm Sandy victims from Ocean County will head to the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton Thursday to rally lawmakers and Governor Chris Christie to speed up recovery efforts.

By the end of April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is expected to mail notices to all policy holders who filed claims with its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on how to appeal or request a review in light of allegations of fraud and questionable engineering reports that led to underpayments and denials, according to Paul Weberg, Senior Engineer with FEMA Region II in New York.

Two-and-a-half years after Sandy, tens of thousands of New Jersey residents displaced by the super storm have been unable to return home. The "Stop FEMA Now" movement seeking massive reforms discussed some of the issues victims continue to face on "Townsquare Tonight," Wednesday on WOBM AM 1160 & 1310.