House Approves $50.7 Billion In Hurricane Sandy Relief
The final House vote was 241-180 -- 192 Democrats were joined by 38 Republicans in approving the measure.
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The final House vote was 241-180 -- 192 Democrats were joined by 38 Republicans in approving the measure.
Feeding centers with volunteers handing out food to others in need have become a familiar sight in the months since Superstorm Sandy decimated the Tri-State Area, but have you ever wondered where it all comes from?
Two hundred damaged homes that still stand will likely come down, officials said. Once that happens, only half of Mantoloking's 500 homes will remain.
Rosemary Shashoua, who is spearheading the effort, has not yet gathered the necessary signatures required for a repeal referendum.
The suit, brought by the families of the victims and a fourth victim who survived the attack, claims the Mount Vernon School was negligent by leaving the playground open at night when it was a known gang hangout.
New Jersey authorities say a civilian state police employee posed as an inspector to coerce two South Carolina men into giving her a generator they were selling in the days after Superstorm Sandy.
The employees include cargo agents, customer service agents and customer service coordinators. Those who move cargo between airplanes and cargo facilities will not be affected.
New Jersey Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Belleville) said Monday that panic buttons should be a "mandate" for every public school in the state.
Sea Isle's beaches, promenades and most businesses were unaffected by Sandy. The city is planning what it calls the biggest ribbon-cutting ceremony in the state on Feb. 15, to kick off the summer beach season a little early this year.
A New Jersey appeals court heard arguments on Monday on a case asking whether the state Department of Environmental Protection should look out for the interests of business as well as the environment.
"Frankly, I've never seen anything like this," said Dr. Shelley Greenman, who works in the emergency room at Cooper University Hospital. "Everyone who has the flu feels like they're going to die."
On the one-month anniversary of the Newtown school massacre, an angry sheriff in New Jersey and a heartbroken father of a Virginia Tech shooting victim were calling for a ban on high-capacity magazines and military style assault weapons.
A gas station was shot and killed during a robbery this past weekend in East Orange, N.J.
Superstorm Sandy could wind up benefiting the New Jersey economy. That's the expert opinion from the Bloustein School of Public Policy and Planning at Rutgers University.
Conservatives and watchdog groups are complaining money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past disasters and other projects unrelated to the late-October storm.
