S-532 Last Action: 1/12/16 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to.
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Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin said the state had initiated the eminent domain process and that complaints would be filed soon, according to The Record newspaper. The New York Fed’s Liberty Street Economics blog published a special five-part series examining the physical, economic and human costs of superstorm Sandy. An act establishing the Superstorm Sandy Homeowners. Bathgate did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Ĭhristie said the state is now moving forward with long-threatened legal action against the holdouts. “The science and the economics don’t support what they are doing,” he said then. He said the roughly 300 homeowners who have refused to grant easements allowing the state to proceed with construction of dunes on their property were “extraordinarily selfish and self-centered,” and accused them of caring more about protecting their views than the safety of their neighbors.Īmong those who oppose the plan is Lawrence Bathgate, one of the Republican Party’s top national fundraisers and a former Christie ally, who last year called the dune plan “stupid” and wasteful. Miguel and Ponta Gara districts, have lower values of social vulnerability due to changes in the built. development rights from one property from a voluntary owner(s) (called a sending area) and. Section I looks at the overall damage from Superstorm Sandy on counties. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $100 million for the program, in addition to other federal cash.ĭuring the press conference, Christie celebrated the milestone, but also blasted oceanside homeowners who have opposed his plan to widen beaches and build protective sand dunes along the state’s entire 127-mile coastline. percent did not have homeowners insurance, more than double the overall rate. The governor’s office says that 309 homes have now been purchased and 716 homes approved for buyouts, with 673 offers made and 468 offers accepted.