More Than 2,000 Long Island Homes Uninhabitable After Sandy
More than 71,000 households in Nassau and over 26,000 in Suffolk have applied for FEMA help.
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More than 71,000 households in Nassau and over 26,000 in Suffolk have applied for FEMA help.
The decision was announced late Friday night by Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., whose district includes some of the areas hardest-hit by the storm. Pallone says the process could get under way as early as Monday.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) was left fuming when mobile homes had not yet been included in the plan for the Jersey Shore.
Superstorm Sandy victims had their sights Saturday on Washington, D.C., hoping to avoid political gridlock as they work to get the money needed to recover from the storm.
The images at Venetian Shores in Lindenhurst are stunning. Brand new home video just discovered shows horrified homeowners riding out Sandy's wrath – eight-foot high walls of surging saltwater.
Residents of Atlantic, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties can apply for the grants through their town governments for money to pay for repairs.
It is still too dangerous for people to live on the barrier island and right now, there's a strict curfew overnight.
Hundreds of Superstorm Sandy victims in the Rockaways filled a church looking for help and answers from officials Wednesday night, but many walked away even more frustrated.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be closing its main disaster recovery center at Provident Bank Park in Pomona on Friday, but FEMA officials will remain in the county to help residents apply for aid.
Residents are still waiting for help three weeks after President Barack Obama visited parts of Staten Island following superstorm Sandy.
FEMA is a lifeline for the victims of superstorm Sandy, but the experiences people are having with the government agency vary widely.
It's like an Atlantic City roll of the dice, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is asking FEMA for 100 % reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective measures following superstorm Sandy.
Govs. Cuomo, Christie and Malloy are teaming up in a regional effort to land nearly $83 billion in federal aid. Christie is expected to be in Washington on Thursday to press for aid, Cuomo said.
New Jersey's Senate budget committee has toured areas in Bergen County hard-hit by Superstorm Sandy and is hearing from local officials about damages.
Connecticut residents have until Dec. 31 – just one more month – to file for individual disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A month after superstorm Sandy struck, gone is the thick oil that covered the streets by the water in Lindenhurst. So, too, is the silence of the residents in shock.
One month ago today, superstorm Sandy slammed into the Tri-State Area and for some, including those along the Hudson River, it's still a struggle to get back to normal.
In a letter from the mayor's office addressed to New York's Congressional Delegation, Bloomberg asked for help in "securing supplemental and expedited funding" for the five boroughs.
More than 30,000 homes or businesses were destroyed or sustained substantial damage from last month's storm.
So far, FEMA has approved more than $7.5 million in aid to Connecticut to help with the clean-up and relief effort, according to the agency.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday he has sent letters to landlords, ordering them to restore services damaged by Superstorm Sandy as temperatures drop, and use the city's Rapid Repair Program if they have not done so.
Only a few homes were left standing on Brook Avenue. Sandy destroyed the rest of the homes on the street, turning them into piles of rubble as if a tornado had pulled them from the ground.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg estimates Superstorm Sandy caused a whopping $19 billion in losses in New York City so he asked federal lawmakers to put up nearly $10 billion to reimburse both government agencies and private businesses.
At a hearing before the state Senate Budget Committee Monday, local emergency management officials and mayors testified about their storm recovery needs to ensure they are up and running for high season.
With the holidays right around the corner, there is a goal on Staten Island to have the biggest toy drive that New York has ever seen.
