Roughly two dozen people spoke Wednesday during an event in Trenton calling on federal officials to speed up and improve disaster aid.
Shashuna Atwater speaks at a lectern outside the New Jersey statehouse annex building, during an event aimed at speeding up the disbursement of federal disaster funds to storm victims, Wednesday June 1, 2022, in Trenton, N.J. Atwater said her basement was destroyed by the rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida when the storm struck New Jersey in September. TRENTON, N.J.
“The aftermath was worse than what you saw when you first looked because here goes the cleaning up part, and you’re all alone,” Atwater said. “We have to do better.” Some of the cash has stalled at the state level as New Jersey officials work to dole it out, though, said Meghan Mertyris, a community organizer for the New Jersey Organizing Project, which bills itself as a grassroots organization representing the state’s shore region and an advocate for improving disaster funding after Superstorm Sandy in 2012.Democratic Reps.
“Climate change is here. It is 5, 10 feet of water in your basement. It is your house in the state of New Jersey left in state of complete disrepair,” Malinowski said.
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