Senators Get First Hand Insight on Sandy's Impact
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee held a hearing on Hurricane Sandy Tuesday, inviting residents to detail their experiences.
In the high school cafeteria where he spent the first 17 days after Hurricane Sandy – a refugee in his own town – Highlands Mayor Frank Nolan asked members of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee to listen and remember the real stories of those directly impacted by the storm. Following its tour of Sandy-ravaged coastal towns Tuesday, a group of state senators who have held regular meetings with elected officials, utility companies and experts within various state agencies in preparation of Sandy’s longterm fiscal impact on Trenton, took their seats in Henry Hudson Regional School to hear storm stories from residents and business owners alike. While testimony ranged from complaints over FEMA’s bureaucracy, praise for first …
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anonymous
5:43 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Look at Jennifer Beck looking absolutely clueless. Why isn't she and other politicians DEMANDING that the FEMA trailers sitting vacant in a parking lot at Great Adventure get moving to house these people??? This is ludicrous!!! Jennifer Beck, Scanlon and the others, MUST GO!!!! more ›