Scott Gurian

Debate continues over Black Liberation Army member convicted in 1979 for the murder of a New Jersey state trooper.  

Some 9,000 New Jersey residents have been approved for Sandy aid, but fewer than 300 have gotten funding and completed construction on their homes. 

Up to now, companies have been penalized if they overpay flood claims, but not if they underpay them. That creates an incentive for them to lowball damages.

National groups raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the weeks following the storm, but there are still gaps in providing help. 

Huge storms like Katrina and Sandy are here to stay; the firms that manage recoveries should be, too. But if this is going to work, five big things need to change.

Two years after Sandy and nearly a decade after Katrina, a look at how we screwed up and what we have learned.

Only a few large companies are able to manage disaster recovery efforts. That's how New Jersey and Louisiana ended up hiring and firing the same two firms.

Nearly two years after the historic hurricane hit, a look at what’s holding up the money.

Some homes in New Jersey have flooded dozens of times, costing the national flood insurance program millions of dollars.

More than a year-and-a-half after Sandy, the state of New Jersey has distributed just about a third of the original batch of $1.8 billion dollars in federal aid.

Dozens of municipalities will now receive additional funding, while others will see their aid money reduced, after an investigation found that the state mishandled a Sandy grant program.

Environmentalists say it's what can happen when regulations aren’t strict enough. State officials call it an isolated case 'gone wrong.'

The damage estimates were similar, but now the last chunk of federal dollars has left Jersey short. And officials in the Garden State don't understand how the federal formula worked against them.

The first summer after Sandy was tough for many beach towns. As the second begins, the recovery in many places is just getting underway.

The New Jersey Legislature's attempt at making it easier to get aid is rebuffed by the governor.

State construction rules don't comply with federal regulations, and that may cause more problems for people whose homes were damaged by Sandy.

Some environmental groups are angry they didn’t have a say in plans to protect the state from future storms.

The governor heard about ongoing flood problems and wrangling with insurance companies, but overall, it was a gentler crowd than he's seen of late.

Union Beach restaurant Jakeabob's Bay reopened after Hurricane Sandy at a temporary location in a different part of town but business didn't return to pre-Sandy levels.

A recent story by WNYC/NJ Spotlight provides further evidence of the need for new legislation requiring more monitoring over the Sandy aid process.