Hoboken, N.J., Mayor Dawn Zimmer told a U.S. Senate committee Hurricane Sandy caused $100 million in damages to the square-mile city across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Zimmer testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Thursday, where …
New Jersey’s attorney general says the state’s overall crime rate increased three percent in 2011 compared to the previous year. The Department of Law & Public Safety released the 2011 Uniform Crime Report Friday. The report says violent crime remained …
FEMA gave details on an advisory flood map for 10 New Jersey counties that shows the risk of flood levels is worse than it was believed on the current flood zone maps, which were adopted nearly 30 years ago. FEMA …
A New Jersey judge is blocking an upcoming post-superstorm “reconstruction summit.” State Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa alleges William Loiry has hatched a scheme to profit from those suffering from Sandy. In issuing the temporary restraining order, the judge told the …
Some New Jersey families displaced by Superstorm Sandy could be living in federal government-supplied mobile homes as early as next week. Forty units – all one- and two-bedroom – are being temporarily kept at Six Flags Great Adventure in Ocean …
New Jersey’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the organizer of an upcoming post-superstorm “reconstruction summit,” alleging the man has violated the state’s Consumer Fraud Act and has created the false impression that the summit is somehow government-sanctioned. Attorney …
The Jersey shore community where a roller coaster plunged into the ocean, becoming the defining image of Superstorm Sandy, hopes to let its residents move back home in January. Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers said Wednesday night that he and …
Armando Rienzi may be the most unpopular person on Long Beach Island, N.J. For years he has fought authorities’ attempts to rebuild the dunes in front of his $1.7 million oceanfront home to act as a buffer to Atlantic storms. …
New York state and New Jersey need at least $71.3 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy and prevent similar damage from future storms, according to their latest estimates. The total, which could grow, came as New …
Some residents of New Jersey’s coastal towns may soon be required to purchase flood insurance, and not just because of the recent devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy. By next year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is scheduled to complete a …