Schumer, Menendez Fight Proposal That Could Allocate Sandy Funds For Nationwide Use

[hrmjustin]

NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — Not so fast.

That was Senator Chuck Schumer’s message to Housing and Urban Development, on Sunday.

“They were sort of caught with their hands going into the cookie jar,” Sen. Schumer said.

His comments referenced a proposal that was recently briefed to Congress. The plan would establish a national resiliancey competition to distribute up to $2-billion worth of Sandy aid to area that have suffered recent disasters, the Wall Street Journal reported.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/27/schumer-menendez-fight-proposal-that-could-allocate-sandy-funds-for-nationwide-use/

[RGinNJ]

1. If the two states would just give out the money as FEMA has allocated

this would not be a problem.

[hrmjustin]

2. Well I think there are legit questions on how the money is being used, especially in NJ.

I also understand the senators not wanting people to think this money is for other things.