A system of dikes around the tip of lower Manhattan, and water pumps and parks across the Hudson River in New Jersey were among the projects selected Monday to receive nearly $1 billion in federal funding as part of efforts …
All New Jersey homeowners who were put on a waiting list for the state’s signature post-Superstorm Sandy housing program will receive funding to rebuild, Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday. Christie said at a town hall-style meeting in Stafford Township, just …
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded approximately $167 million to the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and $67 million to New Jersey Transit (NJT) from the FTA’s Emergency Relief Program to help both …
Seven months after watching heavy equipment tear down their Superstorm Sandy-wrecked house, Bart Sutton’s family is settling into a replacement built on the same spot – but much higher in the air. “We’re home,” said Sutton, who took out a …
Three members of the Ocean City Housing Authority board have resigned apparently because of a dispute stemming from the reimbursement of money for Superstorm Sandy repairs. Chairman Ed Price, vice chairman Stephen Lalli and commissioner Marlene Sheppard stepped down after …
Local and federal officials are celebrating $1 million project that will dredge Winnapaug Pond in Westerly, R.I.,after it was filled with sediment during Superstorm Sandy. Sen. Jack Reed on Monday announced more than $900,000 of federal funds will go to …
The Jersey shore’s beaches are in their best shape in years heading into the Memorial Day weekend, the result of a massive replenishment project after Superstorm Sandy and some simple good luck: a series of brutal winter storms that took …
A contractor from New York City who defrauded Superstorm Sandy victims in New Jersey will not have to serve a prison term as long as he pays restitution. Monmouth County prosecutors say 52-year-old Frank Lewery of Staten Island was sentenced …
The New Jersey program to help build affordable housing to replace homes lost to Superstorm Sandy is proposing new rules that would keep more of the money in towns hit hard by the storm. The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage …
Two more New Jersey residents face allegations of filing fraudulent applications for Superstorm Sandy aid. Acting Attorney General John Hoffman says 53-year-old Carol Suto of Clifton and 56-year-old Debra Weigman of Berkeley Township both claimed that storm-damaged homes were their …