Four Years After Superstorm Sandy, Failed Claims Process Has Left Tens Of Thousands Of New Yorkers Without The Protection And Compensation They Deserve; Senators Demand Findings That Would Allow Them To Push For More Reforms

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) to prioritize and provide a timeline for completing an investigation into mismanagement, failures in oversight, and potential fraud in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) immediately after the storm. In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, thousands of New York homeowners were underpaid on their flood claims, potentially as the result of a fraudulent scheme to intentionally underpay policyholders by altering engineering reports