After a meeting on March 11 with U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, and Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, of New Jersey, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate announced that the agency had agreed to reopen and review every flood insurance claim — approximately 144,000 — filed in New York and New Jersey by victims of Hurricane Sandy, and not limit corrective action to just the 2,200 claims that are now in litigation.
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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3/18/15
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is close to reaching a final settlement with Hurricane Sandy victims who filed lawsuits against their flood insurance carriers after the storm, claiming they …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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3/4/15
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Attorneys representing a group of Hurricane Sandy victims who contend that their claims were denied by their insurance company based on “doctored” damage reports filed a federal class-action …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/26/14
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Attorney Denis Kelly’s office on Park Avenue, above the Long Beach Surf Shop, was bustling last Friday night, as Kelly fielded numerous calls from homeowners who are still fighting their insurance …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/19/14
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
aspychalsky@liherald.com
Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced this week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its deadline to …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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5/1/14
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Time goes by quickly. We’re well into April, and there seems to be so much to do and so little time to do it. Except when you’re Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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4/17/14
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Congress passed a bill last week that will protect thousands of New York homeowners from huge flood insurance premium rate hikes — or having their property values decimated when they try to …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky and Anthony Rifilato
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3/19/14
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When you’re the father of four daughters, it’s always your hope that one of them will marry a doctor.
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2/27/14
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The Working Families Party is working overtime to bring “socialized medicine” to New York, arguing that we need a single-payer insurance system in which the government pays medical claims through “progressive taxes.”
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2/20/14
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The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that will protect tens of thousands of homeowners from facing huge flood insurance premium rate hikes.
The Homeowner Flood Insurance …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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1/30/14
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