A used car dealer in New Jersey has admitted selling seven vehicles that sustained flood damage during Superstorm Sandy after a Motor Vehicle Commission office employee created clean titles for them. Forty-two-year-old Jonathan Olin of Manalapan pleaded guilty to theft …
Several areas on Long Island, N.Y., will get about $16 million in federal funding to buy storm-damaged properties and turn them into flood buffers. Newsday says the funding includes $9.9 million for Amagansett, and $5.6 million for Mastic Beach and …
A hotel in southern New Jersey has agreed to pay nearly $65,000 to settle allegations of price gouging in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Amy Hotels did business as Econo Lodge in Egg Harbor Township. State officials claimed the company …
Two years after Hurricane Sandy pounded the New Jersey coast, the USCGC Sailfish has yet to return home. The gleaming white 87-foot patrol boat, now temporarily based out of Bayonne, still cannot go back to its berth at Sandy Hook, …
The city’s public hospital system will receive more than $117 million in federal aid for repairs to Bellevue Hospital Center for damage related to Superstorm Sandy, the state’s two U.S. senators said Thursday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s public assistance …
A man charged with going on a burglary spree in the New York City suburbs after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 now faces a long list of similar charges in Connecticut. Twenty-three-year-old John Tully of Greenwich, Connecticut, recently was charged with …
Only two people turned out for a hearing to reimburse New Jersey’s largest utility for restoring service after five storms from 2010 through Sandy in 2012. Public Service Electric & Gas is seeking to pass along to ratepayers more than …
State officials say they have accelerated spending on housing programs from federal aid sent to New Jersey to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy amid improvements to a big program that got off to an uncertain start last year. In a progress …
A multimillion-dollar request to the federal government for a grant to build a dune system and other coastal protections for a Queens neighborhood that lost 355 homes to fire and flooding during Superstorm Sandy is moving forward, the state announced …
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked an independent watchdog to examine whether the flood-insurance program is shortchanging Superstorm Sandy victims. Administrator Craig Fugate testified before a subcommittee chaired by Sen. Robert Menendez on Wednesday. The Record …