But now, here we are nearly a year after Superstorm Sandy, and the most consistent question I get from my constituents is why they have not yet been able to receive either funding ...
One of the concerns we have is multiple reviews that slow things down, related to our questions before.
What I would like is the dollars to be distributed in proportion to the damage to the mass transit systems covered by Sandy.
We do not have an affordability study, and yet we are making people pay unaffordable rates.
I would urge you strongly to make sure there is enough money in the second tranche to do that because people are waiting for their reimburse...
they have implemented it without an affordability study.
Thank you for inviting me today to highlight the Federal Transit Administration's role in responding to Hurricane Sandy nearly 1 year ago.
Well, I wish you would consider some kind of--because we are going to be building our shoreline--I am sure Bob is in New Jersey--for a long ...
But they cannot afford it. They do not have $9,000, when they were paying $1,000 before.
I know how it is to get FEMA to redo a map because an area of half a million people has very strong, good protective dunes.
Shame on us if we take more than $10 billion in national taxpayer dollars and then do as you said--spread the dollars here, there and everyw...