Politics & Government

FEMA Wants Belmar To Cough Up $1 Million

FEMA says the borough was overpaid $1 million in Superstorm Sandy recovery money.

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BELMAR – Belmar Mayor Mark Walsifer says FEMA wants its money back.

The borough got more than $8 million to help Belmar recover following Superstorm Sandy in 2012. But the town now says $1,007,000 of that was an overpayment.

FEMA says it did an audit and discovered the overpayment, the mayor said.

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"They would like their money back," the mayor said. "We're working on that."

The mayor discusses the issue at 1:25 on this video:

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