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Fed up with what they say is fraud, delays and denials with Sandy-related flood insurance claims, the group Stop FEMA Now on Thursday takes its fight to Washington, D.C., backed by more than 200 homeowners from New Jersey and New York. A bus caravan was expected to depart from seven locations from Marlton to Staten Island, headed for a rally on Capitol Hill...

A briefing by FEMA about its ongoing flood insurance study and flood insurance rate map is as close as your nearest Internet connection.

The Five Stages of Sandy Grief reach the 'Anger' phase Thursday night in Toms River as residents and non-profit groups voice their concerns as they fear the unknown future of funding as the anniversary of the super storm reaches three years on the 29th.

Five more Superstorm Sandy relief claimants face theft and fraud counts for allegedly collecting thousands for repairs and rental aid connected to secondary homes.

As we told you last month, time is running out to request a review of your Sandy-related National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claim. Homeowners must opt-in with FEMA by September 15, 2015. Ocean County Long Term Recovery Group (OCLTRG) Director Sue Marticek says you don't have to have everything ready by then, but you do have to make the call...

A Barnegat man and two couples from outside Ocean County are the latest New Jerseyans facing criminal charges for allegedly collecting federal Superstorm relief under false pretenses.

The American Red Cross is giving the Ocean County Long Term Recovery Group until the end of 2015 to spend a $1.6 million grant to allow the Toms River non profit agency to continue operating and helping Sandy victims.

By the end of April, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is expected to mail notices to all policy holders who filed claims with its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on how to appeal or request a review in light of allegations of fraud and questionable engineering reports that led to underpayments and denials, according to Paul Weberg, Senior Engineer with FEMA Region II in New York.

Three of the latest four applicants charged with collecting federal Superstorm aid under false pretenses have ties to the Jersey Shore.

As long as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is willing to review any Sandy-related flood insurance case for discrepancies, homeowners who filed should take them up on it. That's the advice given by shore Representative Tom MacArthur (R-3).

New Jersey U.S. Senator Bob Menendez meets with Superstorm Sandy victims today in a press conference to outline new measures aimed at cleaning up the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Menendez said he's gotten assurances from FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator Brad Kieserman that they will collect and make available to every policy holder all alterations of engineering reports...

Listen to Entire Interview A bold and surprising assertion about The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from New Jersey's 3rd District (R) Congressman Tom MacArthur. The freshman representative, who's made his fortune in the insurance industry, alleges that FEMA wasn't a hapless government agency that stood idly by while observing the "big bad" insurance companies taking advantag