State Budget: Fed 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, but just don’t expect the State to pay for it. Among 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 cost…
Martin
1:13 pm on Saturday, April 27, 2013
BEST IDEA YET! "We should be there (Monday at MSNBC-TV's Joe in the Morning show down the Shore) with big signs about FEMA ruining NJ by pricing 1000s out of their homes, profiting from Sandy victims, etc. Let the national TV audience know FEMA's expensive mandates and new insurance rates damaged NJ more than Sandy did!" What town will the TV show be in? Let's march! Let's spread the word! Let's … more ›