New Jersey towns and school districts still recovering from 2012’s Superstorm Sandy are encouraged by the news that the outstanding balances on their federal disaster loans are being forgiven, as part of the spending bill passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Sept. 28 and subsequently signed by President Joe Biden.
U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone (D-6th), Andy Kim (D-3rd) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12th) secured the loan forgiveness in the government operations bill.
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