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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Hurricane Sandy

What Impact Could Sequestration Have on Sandy Recovery?

Should the White House and Congress fail to come to terms on budget cuts, sequestration would trim significant dollars from disaster recovery.

The numbers above show the federal employees in New Jersey by county in 2012, according to the latest figures from Eye on Washington, a DC-based lobbying firm that tracks federal employment. The interactive graphic compiles data from the Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employment Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. What it doesn't offer, however, is a look at how pending sequestration could impact the state's federal employees and the ongoing Hurricane Sandy recovery effort. Some officials say it's too soon to tell what impact sequestration cuts, which will total approximately $85 billion, could have, though the outlook isn't promising. New Jersey and Gov. Chris Christie are leaning on the federal government to cover the…

John Hay

1:32 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Hurricane Sandy

State Budget: Feds on Hook for Sandy Recovery

The governor's proposed budget includes about $40 million in Sandy-related supplemental aid.

New Jersey’s recovery following Hurricane Sandy will come, officials and legislators at Tuesday’s budget introduction at the Statehouse in Trenton said, just don’t expect the state to pay for it. In Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $32.9 billion budget, only about $40 million has been set aside for Sandy-related recovery, all of it coming in the form of supplemental aid. Its intended use will only be as a stopgap during the process of the state’s securing aid for various recovery efforts. The negligible sum will have little impact on the state’s budget, according to New Jersey Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff. Instead, the state will lean on the federal government to cover the costs of New Jersey’s recovery, which is expected to reach tens …

Rich Wieland

12:15 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

Monmouth County residents: In at least one Shore town, councilmen are confronting the hardships imposed by FEMA, asserting that the bureaucrats mandating those astronomical expenses should pay for them! http://brick.patch.com/articles/brick-officials-feds-should-fund-all-house-raisings Flood-zone homeowners in NY are being offered buyouts -- with 75% of the cost paid by FEMA. The prices are at …   more ›

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