State lawmakers were pleased to announce, last week, that a two-year delay in recoupment efforts for debt owed to the federal government in relation to Superstorm Sandy has been included in the Omnibus Fiscal Year 2022 package. “The reprieve provides temporary relief for up to 1,813 households in New Jersey that currently owe $73 million,” representatives Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) noted in a joint press release.

“The recoupment efforts, known as ‘clawbacks,’ have blindsided homeowners because many New Jersey residents applied for…