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NJ S3651
Bill
Status
2/24/2026
Primary Sponsor
Linda Greenstein
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AI Summary
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Requires the Governor to allocate federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds and State disaster relief funds to municipalities in proportion to the relative amount of physical damage each municipality sustained.
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Establishes that municipalities with the most catastrophic physical damage receive priority consideration for disaster aid before funds are spent on other economic development projects.
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Responds to inequities following Hurricane Sandy (2012), where some less-damaged municipalities within the nine HUD-designated most-impacted counties received disproportionately more funding than harder-hit communities.
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Applies to the nine counties designated as most impacted by Hurricane Sandy: Atlantic, Bergen, Cape May, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
"Disaster Victims Protection Act"; requires Governor to allocate federal and State disaster aid to municipalities in proportion to amount of catastrophic physical damage sustained within each municipality.
Community and Urban Affairs
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
2/24/2026