“It’s been the worst nightmare possible,” said Vinny Accetta, a
Staten Island resident from the flooded Midland Beach area. He, his
wife, Devon, and their toddler twins are staying with relatives seven
miles from their home.
Eight days after Hurricane Sandy, Accetta is still waiting for FEMA to come and assess the damage to his home. After the hurricane, he was given a case number by FEMA. Now he waits in the cold.
“FEMA came to my block and a few neighbors were assessed,” he said. “I asked the worker if he could check my home and he replied, ‘You’re not on my list.’ “
President Barack Obama promised during his visit to the Northeast as he surveyed the damage that there would be no “red tape.”
That promise has not been fulfilled.
“It is a crazy run-around with FEMA,” Accetta said. He went back online to check his status, which showed nothing new, and then he said he tried calling FEMA for hours. He still has no answers and has no idea when they will show up.
When asked if he thought there was any type of organization in FEMA, Accetta responded, “none whatsoever.”
The local response also has been slow. The New York City Building Department, according to Accetta, has not assessed the damage to his home and labeled it with a sticker. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that residents’ homes would be tagged with either a green, yellow, or red sticker, indicating how to proceed into a home.
“I heard they were coming today, so I waited from nine o’clock until five,” Accetta said. They did not come. After losing nearly everything, all he is waiting for is a sticker and word from FEMA so he can start to move on and determine what he can do with his home.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/fakakta-fema/
Eight days after Hurricane Sandy, Accetta is still waiting for FEMA to come and assess the damage to his home. After the hurricane, he was given a case number by FEMA. Now he waits in the cold.
“FEMA came to my block and a few neighbors were assessed,” he said. “I asked the worker if he could check my home and he replied, ‘You’re not on my list.’ “
President Barack Obama promised during his visit to the Northeast as he surveyed the damage that there would be no “red tape.”
That promise has not been fulfilled.
“It is a crazy run-around with FEMA,” Accetta said. He went back online to check his status, which showed nothing new, and then he said he tried calling FEMA for hours. He still has no answers and has no idea when they will show up.
When asked if he thought there was any type of organization in FEMA, Accetta responded, “none whatsoever.”
The local response also has been slow. The New York City Building Department, according to Accetta, has not assessed the damage to his home and labeled it with a sticker. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that residents’ homes would be tagged with either a green, yellow, or red sticker, indicating how to proceed into a home.
“I heard they were coming today, so I waited from nine o’clock until five,” Accetta said. They did not come. After losing nearly everything, all he is waiting for is a sticker and word from FEMA so he can start to move on and determine what he can do with his home.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/fakakta-fema/
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