For four years, people have worked hard and mostly successfully to erase the deep scars Superstorm Sandy left on the New York and New Jersey coastlines when it crashed ashore with deadly force on Oct. 29, 2012.
A bill heading to Gov. Chris Christie's desk would prevent mortgage foreclosure for New Jersey homeowners whose houses were damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
Thousands of New Jerseyans are still displaced from their homes or otherwise struggling to recover three years after Super Storm Sandy, and this morning some of those people shared their stories.
“This is not a third-world country," State Senate President Steve Sweeney said. People shouldn't be out of their homes three years after a storm, he said.
The federal government has started making new payments to victims of Superstorm Sandy after a review found that some policyholders were not paid what they were due from the National Flood Insurance Program.
Homeowners insured through the National Flood Insurance Program who think they were shortchanged for Superstorm Sandy damage could receive a letter as early as this week asking them if they want to reopen their claims so that they can be re-examined.