HURRICANE SANDY DAMAGE TALLIED IN REPORT

A new state report highlighted HERE by NJ Spotlight finds that Maplewood's damage from Hurricane Sandy included an impact to 22 homes, 21 with major damage, described as that costing between $8,000 and $28,800.

In addition, three rental units received minor damage, costing less than $8,000, while some 900 businesses were impacted, but does not detail how the impacts were felt.

NJ Spotlight also noted:

On Tuesday, the DCA put out its action plan for spending billions of dollars in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds from the federal government. The proposal is New Jersey’s blueprint for spending an initial $1.8 billion to help more than 20,000 home owners, 5,000 renters and 10,000 businesses, as well as local governments. It must be approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In total, HUD is providing $5.4 billion in block grants to states hit by Sandy in this first round of distribution. In total, the federal government has appropriated $16 billion in block grants.