A federal audit of New Jersey's use of federal Superstorm Sandy funding says that a since-fired contractor mishandled applications for a housing program.
The Jersey Shore Partnership wants New Jersey coastal community mayors to send resolutions to state lawmakers and Gov. Chris Christie to increase the Shore Protection Fund.
New Jersey officials have changed guidelines for one federally funded Sandy relief program so the money will be directed to towns that were hardest hit by the storm.
With the exception of the removal of underwater debris, boats, vehicles and amusement rides, the majority of post-Sandy mitigation work has been concentrated on what we can see. But an environmental group wants some of the attention focused on what we can't see.
New Jersey is getting a total of $380 million in federal funding for two new flood mitigation projects, one in the Meadowlands, and the other along the Weehawken, Hoboken and Jersey City corridor.
New Jersey agreed Friday to provide more aid to low-income homeowners and renters still displaced by Superstorm Sandy, direct more aid to the hardest-hit counties and re-examine every rejected application to the state's main storm recovery grant program.
Coming off the second Memorial Day Weekend since Superstorm Sandy, realtors and experts are offering a glimpse into the status of the Jersey Shore rental market.