it was razed after superstorm sandy. this community that's had to deal with disasters irene and superstorm sandy, and now this. this is the homeowner, left speechless. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: police say an electrical problem with an air conditioner sparked a fire at this home, which spread, damaging four other houses. the homeowner's wife and child were inside the house at the time and ran out before flames took over. >> she smelled spoke moke, was able to spot smoke and called 911. >> out of nowhere, flames shot up, and they were trice wice as high as the house itself. >> reporter: it ignited a brush a massive force of firefight others responded and doused the flames. >> it looked like an inferno. went up really fast and hot. real hot. >> get out of the house! get out of the house! >> reporter: a community watched another devastating blow hit their neighborhood. the home next to it had been razed. >> these are all my neighbors, we went through hurricane sandy together. there was water this deep in this neighborhood,

these people have really struggled from superstorm sandy. a lot of people lost their and a while ago we spoke to someone about the struggle this neighborhood has gone through. >> it's another strike or whatever you want to call it. >> you own five houses on this block. what's going through your mind? >> got to do it again, fix them up. same thing. just keep going. >> one of the houses that burned was being rebuilt from sandy. >> yes, the party has two weeks to go and they would have been moved in again. they're not going to move in for quite a while now. got to start all over. she was over at our house before and just unbearable. she's in tears. frustrating. >> right there you get a sense of what these folks are going through. it's a neighborhood known as american venice. they struggled after superstorm sandy. you're looking at east santa barbara road. because of these winds residents tell us the winds were swirling. people were hosing down the roofs of their homes was everyone was concerned about their homes and you heard that gentleman, wh

these people have really struggled from superstorm sandy. a lot of people lost their

some of the damaged homes were just rebuilt after superstorm sandy. >> i was supposed to move back in two weeks and now it's going to be another year. just dealing with the insurance company. >> i was in the fire department for years and never seen smoke like that in my life. you couldn't see in front of your hand. >> two firefighters had smoke inhalation. >>> an update on the ninja burglar crime spree. suspect robert constance so has pleaded guilty to three burglaries. he is accused of pulling off 1 oo break-ins on staten island -- 10 break -- 150 break-ins on staten island. he is linked to other crimes in he could only be charged in the break-ins in three of them because the statute of limitations had run on the others. he is now expected to face 25 years in prison. >>> new information in the search for a man wanted for attempted rape in prospect park brooklyn. the nypd released a sketch of the man accused of attacking a 23-year-old woman who was jogging early wednesday morning. police say videocameras caught the suspect walking away. the woman told police the man grabbed her threw

it stored and supplied necessities to people displaced by superstorm sandy. now for some it's a nasty reminder. >> how would you like it in the front of your house. >> reporter: the tent owned by a relief aid nonprofit had been in the same spot since sandy. at that time many of the residents have left the government bought out mill road but 150 neighbors left are petitioning to have it gone. >> it's ugly and reminds us of superstorm sandy. >> reporter: we went to the owner for answers. are you still helping people out of that tent? >> not as of today. >> reporter: all activity has been halted this week. >> we help people shovel snow. when there's flooding. >> reporter: christopher who lives around the corner says >> they forgot about us. i called 311, no help. every time i call derek, derek's here in blink of an eye derek's truck is here. >> reporter: after months of coordination, the nonprofit will be packing up but fed up neighbors want to know why is out? >> we have to find a trucks. it's a big process. what i say to those people is, please, help us. workin

many of the homes here are superstorm sandy. fire crews worked for hours in this area lined with canals, hosing down properties and the dry brush to prevent a full- blown disaster >> this is tragic, but it could have been a lot worse. >>reporter: and after this firefighters will stay on high alert today with more wind projected and no rain, perfect conditions for another brush fire. and here's another live look at the damage from yesterday's fire, just an incredible scene, and certainly a big mess to deal with in this neighborhood. fortunately no one was hurt. we're live in lindenhurst this news. >> thank you. >>> new this morning police in yonkers investigating the stabbing of a cab driver during a robbery. it happened overnight on cedar place. police say that the cabbie was found in the street. he was rushed to jacoby medical center in the bronx and reported in stable condition. the hunt continues for his attacker. >>> new this morning a manhunt under way in brooklyn after a jogger says a man tried to rape her at knifepoint in

superstorm sandy sent about 7 million-gallons of corrosive sea water into the tunnel in 2012. roughly 6 miles of communication needs to be replaced. >>> celebrating a trailblazer coming up she swung the door open for girls in little league baseball. >>> and the cast of hamilton sharing the benjamins. biggest hit will earn a lot i solemnly swear that my kfc $20 fill up will fill your family of four up, with eight pieces of delicious original recipe chicken and sides. it's a meal that's freshly prepared every day. court adjourned! >>> females playing little league baseball. the city's batting cages in hoboken were named for maria. she was one of the first girls to play little league. she was forced to stop playing after three games when the organization threatened to revoke hoboken's charter. a discrimination suit was won on her behalf but it was too late for her to play. since then more than 5 million girls have enjoyed playing little league baseball. >> i get to watch all these girls play today. it never mattered to me how many people knew my own personal story as much as it d

it's worth it to fit the destructive wrath of superstorm sandy, but why now? nbc4 asks and gets answers. >> reporter: it is a piece of the jersey shore that's mostly untouched by people. >> it's peaceful and it's really th a wonderful, beautiful drive. >> reporter: but right now, large sections of the edwin b forsyt brhe nationam wildlife refuge are temporarily off limits t nature lovers. >> this is a great time to be ayout here in the spring with all the birds and everything coming back, so it is disappointing that it's at this time of the year. >> reporter: the majority of the drive and an adjoining trail are closed to visitors on weekdays. the reason? fixing severe erosion caused by hurricane sandy's pounding waves nearly four years ago, and making the waves more resilient to future storms. >> we finally had just gotten our permits and gotten all the designs worked out so this could be implemented. >> reporter: officials say the closures really come down to safety. today heavy-duty machinery hauled in large rocks that will help fortify the drive. refuge sta

neighbors tell us the family who lived here planned to move out soon to make repairs from superstorm sandy. the house next door now condemned. rebuilding and hoped to move in next month. >> beautiful couple. young couple. it's terrible. >> reporter: the heat damaged two homes across the street and melted the siding. >> i was out here. and i turned around and like, oh, my god, it was melted. >> reporter: the wind and dry conditions today a concern for firefighters. they don't want the brush nearby to reignite so they are dousing the area with water to protect the properties. this community worries about more destruction. >> we will come together. we are a good community like that. and we're going to pull together and help these families. >> reporter: and back out here live where the victims are trying to move forward. we have seen some of them out here today. they're assessing the damage for the first time and working with the insurance companies. they say the one thing that they are thankful for though is that no one was hurt. ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> the national weather

. >>> next at 6:00, nearly four years after superstorm sandy, a new claim comes to light. >>> i left the sandy hook review process because it is a sham. >> a former fema worker steps forward. up next, what he says the agency ordered him to do after sandy struck. >>> plus the rain returned. what to expect in your neighborhood next at 6:00. >>> fema is out of control, caught with their pants down. >> bomb shell allegations from hurricane sandy survivors. the review process for unsatisfied homeowners may itself go under review. the new allegations come more than three years after sandy let loose on the northeast. fema whistle blowers say they were forced to underpay insurance benefits in the program intended to make sandy victims whole. investigative reporter, george spencer, took claims to the agency and charge and joins us now with the story. george? >> reporter: to the outsider, this appears to be a block on the mend, but inside the homes, mostly rebuilt and repaired, we found stories of fema flood insurance payouts far below what homeowners say they deserve like jameis burns. >> i'm

meanwhile, this neighborhood was really beaten up badly during superstorm sandy. many of these residents literally just getting set to move back in to their homes and now this. entire house to sandy and just today my final inspection from the town of lindenhurst, babylon town hall, the inspector was there to give me my final okay on the house, which he did. when i got here, that inspector was here fighting this fire. he had said to me, the house on the left is totally gone and it looked intact. he said the walls inside are all on fire. >> we're back here live where you can see down the road the firefighter in the bucket still putting water on this fire. it was really just a rough go. the dry weather and wind definitely not helping and of course a lot of people very nervous. they were hosing down the roofs of their homes. they know what it feels like to lose a home. earlier today we talked to someone who had five homes, he owned five homes on this block. you can just imagine how nervous these people were but the fire is now under control. only one person hospitaliz

. >> families are still recovering from superstorm sandy, and then for this fire to occur here is unfortunate. >> the neighboring home had just been rebuilt after it had been destroyed by sandy. the homeowners were two weeks away from getting back into their house. two firefighters had to be treated for smoke inhalation. >>> look for donald trump to deliver fewer offer the cuff speeches. last night. he's now planning to use a teleprompter and a speech writer, all part of a shift in strategy. his new convention manager is taking more control of the campaign in order to try and win more delegates. coming up on the "today" show, there will be a donald trump town hall live on the plaza. his family will be there as well to take questions. that will begin this morning at 7:00. >>> last night hillary clinton held a rally in philadelphia hot off of her win in new york. this morning she'll be in connecticut ahead of that state's primary on tuesday. she'll join several families that have been impacted by gun violence. she's been critical of senator bernie sanders on the issue of gun control. sanders is

many of the homes are still being restored from superstorm sandy damage. as crews hose down hotspots, across the canal at sunset, the people in charge are breathing a sigh of relief. >>> tragic, but it could've >> reporter: no serious two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation but it's the family who lived here were about to leave so the place could be renovated, the house was going to be raised and the family who lived here was just getting ready to return. the place had just been renovated. now both will have to rebuild from scratch. live in lindenhurst, lou young, cbs2 news. thank you. >>> lonnie quinn has more on the fires, lonnie, so much spoke from this one, actually visible on the radar. >> take a peek, sometime between 2:00 and 4:00, that's the blue cross blue shield right there, radar picks up on whatever is suspended in the air. a raindrop, snowflake or ash from a fire. what i want to show you now, the winds were coming in from the north. pushing that smoke into the atlantic. the picture is going to show you know rain on our picture. the

. >> reporter: the owner of the property lost investors in 2008 and was hit hard by superstorm sandy. >> we have no more money to pour into it right now. we're barely kinds of making ends meet as we wait for the economy of this town and in general to come back around. >> reporter: businesses up the street and across the way say they want to see something done with this structure sooner rather than later. summer is on the way and they are looking to bring in more business. >> it's been a total eyesore. my customers that's been coming to my place over 18 years, they have seen it and the question is when is it going down? >> after the subprime mortgage crisis building permits were extended to encourage real estate development. but the mayor says in seaside heights the policy backfired. the developer delayed and delayed leaving this project sitting unfinished. >> as a community we have to what we're going to do to either terminate the building, condemn the building or perhaps even eminent domain to buy it. >> reporter: it turns out this building can no longer be delayed by state law. when

. >>> çwell, three years after superstorm sandy, some new jersey homes are still not rebuilt.erday, in trenton, a state budget meeting, assembly members pushed for answers. >> trying to be combative but that makes no sense to me. >> home owners say the reconstruction rehabilitation elevation and mitigation program that was supposed to help them rebuild faster has slowed is the process. more than 7,000 home owners have agreements signed but 3,000 homes are complete. and r.e.m.s. leader says he doesn't expect most to be finished until a year and a half from now. >> that will be five years after the storm. is that an acceptable time line? >> no. >> of course not. >> they're like r-- micromanagig this so bad. >> the delays are the result of the federal government spreading out hurricane relief payment over two years and municipalities changing zoning rules. >>> since hurricane sandy, the ahead, hear why margate just lost another round in court. >>> 4:15. now to decision 2016 one year ago today, hillary clinton announced she was running for president. her supporters will man phone

both tracks is one of the option, the upside it would speed up the work to repair damage from superstorm sandy. the down side, it would cut off a main cross town route for hundreds of thousands of commuters. >> probably move choicer to manhattan. -- closer to manhattan, or further south, l train is main source of transportation. >> i feel like i am kind of screwed, i have to figure out what i'm going to do. reporter: in a statement, mta said it is committed to meet regularly with residents, and businesses and others, and consult with elected officials before making any decisions about the process, and service plan is to maintain limited l -train service. the line's 5 manhattan stops, riders align deputy director. >> good thing is that this not going to happen until 2016 or 18 -- 2017 or 18, there is a lot of time for the mta to get it right, only way that will happen is if the riders speak up and say this is what we need. dari: how about this, scoring a premium seat to a yankees game for a quarter, the offer, comedian john oliver is making to fans. steve: o.j. simpson trial on tv, fx series, w

in a community hit hard by superstorm sandy. the flames were fueled by bone dry conditions and high winds off the water. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. the heat was so intense it melted the siding on homes across the street. >> it just flew right through the whole house. >> reporter: it was a big fire right? >> it was high and melted these houses. it was unbelievable how the heat was so hot. >> embers from the burning homes were carried across the canal and started a secondary fire in the county parkland on indian island. >>> we now know the name of two men killed in a freak ambulance accident on long island. the driver and the patient died an overpass on the southern state parkway. larson had just received a heart and kidney transplant and was being taken to a rehab at that silt. police are investigating if speed was a factor. >>> the presidential candidates are back on the trail today, fanning out across several states, primaries. donald trump fresh off his win in his home state has a rally tonight in harrisburg, pe

the tunnel suffered heavy damage from superstorm sandy. workers need to reconstruct almost three miles of track and replace 50 miles of cable. the carnarsi tunnel has more than 300,000 riders each weekday. >> the ntsb released a preliminary report on the train from knock to savannah. the report says the backhoe operator had a right to be on the tracks during a 55-hour maintenance window and the track had been closed periodically during that time. what remains unclear though is whether or not the track was closed to trains at the time of the accident. >>> well, now to a manhunt in texas for someone caught on camera after a mother of three was murdered in a small town church. police searching for a man wearing tactical gear at the scene. ans' tanya whitworth has the story. >> reporter: overnight a person seen in this chilling surveillance video. police believe the suspect dressed in head to toe tactical gear is responsible for the death of 45-year-old missy bevers. she was carrying equipment for a boot camp class into this church. students f

superstorm sandy sent about 7 million-gallons of corrosive sea water into the tunnel in 2012. roughly 56 miles of communication and power cabling need to now be replaced. again that's being postponed. >> no small task there. wow. >>> when we come back, a computerized program that has nothing to do with sitting at a desk. >> coming up on eyewitness news, we're going to look at a new high intensity workout that puts your 6th athletic sense into play. >>> and of course it's big dog sunday. >>> i feel a little guilty now bringing up these two dogs fitness segment. cookie and brownie, sent in this morning from aj. thank you so much via twitter. we love seeing your pups. they're so cute this morning. we're doing a little twinning and brother and sister action here. mckenzie and licious, and good looking big dogs. i have an amazing great dane for the 7:00 hour. send them in, we'd lowe to see them. upload we built our factories here because of a huge natural resource. not the land. the water. or power sources. it's the people. american workers. they build world-class products. and tha

families still fighting fema over damage from superstorm sandy. bombshell accusations including fraud. and classic mediterranean dishes served up in new jersey. that and more beginning on eyewitness news first at 4:00. >>> time for the feed and stories that got their start on social media. and are now getting shared and retweeted. 89-year-old holocaust survivor too old to follow your dreams. hemena hoich gained national attention when a video of her was posted on-line and the detroit tigers invited her to sing the national anthem. she said the opportunity has given her the strength and will to live so she can make it to her big day. not afraid to sing in front of a crowd because surviving in a concentration camp has given her courage. >> wow. >>> do you need inspiration to lose a little weight? eight months ago, take a look at this dog called fat vincent. what they called him. >> hey. >> a jumbo dachshund, 38 pounds. he had high cholesterol, was depressed. his owner died and he was lonely at a county animal shelter in houston. then a group called

. >> mta kiering a plan to shutdown l-train to mac repair from superstorm sandy if approved no l tran service between brooklyn and manhattan and mean no l-train service at all in manhattan for 18 months. no decision is expected until next year. >> fox means business. >> all right let's get to lauren simonetti at the fox business network and chase making a big bold move for its noncustomers. >> okay some of these atms dollar bills convenient for peel who didn't want a lot of 20s when they went to atm. some when they could get 100 take tens of thousands but now jpmorgan chase biggest bank in u.s. is saying yep, no, we're limiting those withdraws for noncustomers to there are 1,000 day so you can take out $1,000 but that's it if you're not a customer of jpmorgan chase. >> that sound fine. >> who is taking out thousands of dollars from atm go to teller? >> they wanted to cutback on fraudulent activity or shady business that could be going. explain why some people were taking out large sums. >> anybody have been problem other than shady transactions? >> well i needed a good deal of many un

think of superstorm sandy back in 2012.ay the 20th century for many new yorkers, who lost power. they couldn't even fill up their cars with gasoline and they certainly could not recharge their cell phones. >> andrew, you say, yes -- i think you concede the point that the 1880s to 1910s was an extraordinary period, transformed life. but you're saying we're on the cusp of a similar kind of transformation? >> yeah, that's what i believe. and bob makes the excellent point that it is so easy for us to underestimate the transformations that we enjoy on the back of this century worth of progress. i think that bob underestimates how much we've already seen because of the digital revolution and i think more fundamentally how much things are going to change going forward. i don't think that global communication networks and things like this are trivial in any sense of the word compared even to the fundamental innovations that he's talking about. for me, we are on the brink of, for the very first time in human history, interconnecting

. >> you know, he voted against any funding for superstorm sandy relief and the medical benefits for the emergency workers that were sickened at ground zero. >> right. >> there was a history there. and i only bring it up because as a new yorker, i was in the city back on 9/11, but i want to talk about just for a moment, you and melania went to the memorial today, you made a huge contribution to the memorial. why did you do that today? >> i just felt like doing it. because i heard him disparaging new york. and i just thought it would be the thing to do. and i've seen it earlier, when it was under very early construction, and i wanted to see how it came out. they have done an amazing job. they have done an incredible job down there. and, you know, the whole group of people, they are so dedicated. they took me for a tour. and they are so dedicated. it's an incredible thing to see. people should go see it. >> it is. and the check, i understand was $100,000. but before i let you go, you, melania and now ivanka all coming together as a family before the american people. i mean, how is it t

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cbs 2's jennifer mclogan is live now in the community that was also hit hard by superstorm sandy. >> reporter: the homes here in worst shape, one, two and three, are owned by sandy survivors and recently busch's house just next to this that firefighters managed to save. weather we last saw keith busch he was overwhelmed with worry. his neighbors called him at work, his street was on fire, house melting, two cats inside. you thought at that point your house was gone? >> yes. i thought it would be gone and my cats. >> look at this. just like 25 feet away. >> yeah. yeah. um, i think this house blocked most of what could have happened. >> reporter: fire destroyed only the siding. cats lexi and zero saved. >> it's incredible. >> reporter: two doors down 35- year-old sarah aldridge surveyed the damage of her rebuilt and eldvated home just repaired from sandy now once again condemned. this time by the fire that collapsed her roof leaving walls of charred kindling. >> i was supposed to move back in, in two weeks. >> reporter: they just rehabbed their homes across the street. now you have thi

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. >>> three years after superstorm sandy, some new jersey homes are still not rebuilt. >> yesterday-ez budget meeting assembly members pushed for answers. home owners say that reconstruction, rehabilitation, elevation and mitigation program, that was supposed to help them rebuild faster has actually slowed the process. more than 7,000 home owners have rrem grant agreements signed. just 3,000 homes are complete. the commissioner in charge of the program says the delays are the result of a federal government spreading out hurricane relief payments over a two-year period. and municipalities changing zoning rules. >>> two pennsylvania congressmen are calling for tougher regulations on drinking water. congressman brendan boyle and patrick meehan say high levels of chemicals have been found in water that's around horsham air guard station. >>> new this morning, a victory for some transgender students. >> a school district in north jersey decided they can use rest rooms and locker rooms based on gender identity. >> parents were afraid to come here because of people like you. fear-mongering ha

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superstorm sandy, remember? we're still fixing damage done by that storm. >> yeah. if it proves this means there could be no l train service between brooklyn and manhattan and possibly no service in manhattan at all. it was cut off a main route for hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the l train t would happen for about 18 months. >> i will probably move closer to manhattan or move further south in brooklyn because, l train is the only main source of transportation. >> i'm kind of screwed. i have to figure out what i'm going to do what my lease is up in two months. whether i renew it or month. >> the mta says they will meet regularly with the people who live around there and work around there. they will consult with elected construction. >> we have problems with the subway. the subway is very old, more than a century, our subway system. washington, d.c. has much newer system and they have got major, major problems. look at this picture this goes back to 1976 when they were creating the d.c. metro system which is still not a 24 hours a day. >> it is not. it i

. >> families are still recovering from superstorm sandy, and then for this fire to occur here is unfortunate. >> a neighboring home had just been rebuilt after it had been destroyed by sandy. weeks away from moving back in. two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation. >>o > ecuador's president says he will impose a one-time tax on the rich to rebuild from that huge earthquake and all the damage that it left behind. the search for survivors and the dead goes on. the official death toll is close to 600. >>> today hillary clinton will be joined by some families who are still struggling in the aftermath of the sandy hook school massacre. secretary clinton will be with them in hartford, connecticut. she will talk about the need for tighter gun control. connecticut's primary is in five days. >>> new york state's attorney general will investigate complaints regarding this past tuesday's presidential primary. >> cast our vote! >> supporters of senator bernie sanders were protesting in voter irregularities. this is where 126,000 democrats were mysteriously purged from voting rolls. eric schnei

saltwater damaged the tracks during superstorm sandy. mta officials are replacing the wooden railroad ties with composite ties, and replacing damaged equipment. the project should be completed by june 1st. >> i> there's a new kind of shopping mall that just opened underground. it's called turn style. it's the first of its kind development at the columbus circle subway station. there's 20 restaurants, 17 retail shops. they sell everything from fine wine to dog chew toys. also live performance. the first one happening today at 3:00. turnstile may influence future it will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 night. lauren scala will do some reporting from there. >> we'll check it out today for new york live. i'm excited about it. i crept down there yesterday. lots of people were trying to look behind the cloth. i saw dillon's candy bar down there. a starbucks for you, michael. >> fantastic. >>> all right. that's one of those things, when you want to get underground, today may not be one of those days that you want to escape. >> maybe friday. >> l

tweet in the last several minutes, we will put it on screen, lying ted cruz even voted against superstorm sandy 11 help. so many new yorkers devastated. cruz hates new york. a strategy for the trump campaign in that tweet, they want to run out the score on ted cruz in this state in the hopes of capturing all of the state's 95 delegates. and delegates as me colleague sarah murray was mentioning are certainly on donald trump's mind. we heard him refer to the system of awarding delegates as rigged as a sham and so on. i talked to a trump source earlier today, wolf, that said that the rnc is running the risk of alienating millions of trump voters if trump gets close to the magic number needed for the nomination but doesn't get the nod because of back room negotiating at the convention in cleveland coming up in july. we should point out, wolf, donald trump is poised to do something he hasn't done in several weeks, win a primary the old fashioned way. polls show him way ahead in new york state and it gets better and better for donald trump. northeastern states like maryland, pennsylvania, delaware, t

. >>> properties were damaged during superstorm sandy, they will soon go up for auction. potential bidders examining 42 homes on long island next week. they'll have open houses in new york city properties, including 44 that are on staten island. this is the state's rising acquisition program. it purchased those properties for resale. the auctions themselves are coming up on may 10th and 11th. >>> in the cnbc money report, the nfl is taking to twitter in a big way. the league is finalized a deal with the social media platform to stream ten of its thursday night games. the same games will also be traditionally broadcast on nbc or cbs. however, they will not include the games that air solely on the nfl network. so you do not have to be a the games. that's pretty big. >>> quick bursts and stop. quick bursts and stop. >> ahead at 5:10 right now, the big breakfast announcement. it's coming from walmart. >>> plus, the mets admit they got it wrong. they're trying to make amends with mike piazza, the former store. >>> freezing temperatures once again this morning. there's a look a

superstorm sandy devastated staten island and brooklyn, claiming dozens of lives and destroying thousands of homes. unfortunately, since then, my constituents have gone through the storm after the storm. damage inspectors shamelessly doctored their reports to blame pre-existing conditions. cheating victims out of insurance proceedings they rightfully deserved. by applying lessons learned in the aftermath of that fateful day, title 5 of the prepare act will make two important improvements to the national flood insurance program. first, this legislation will empower and protect policy holders by requiring engineers and inspectors employed to assess flood insurance claims, to provide policy holders with copies of the reports listing flood damage to their homes. this will prevent fraud and increase efficiency and transparency by giving policy holders more information about their claims at a critical stage in the process. second, this legislation will improve the flood insurance claims appeals process by fixing a confusing court filing deadline that prevents policy holders from using the fema

. >> the owner of the property says he lost investors in 2008 and then was hit hard by superstorm sandy. >> we have no more money to pour into it right now. i mean we're barely kind of making end meet as we wait for the economy of this town and in general to come back around. >> businesses up the street and see something done with the structure sooner rather than later because summer is on the way and they're looking to bring in more business. >> it's been a total eyesore. my customers, that's been coming to my place over 18 years they've seen it and the question every year is when is it going down. >> after the sub prime mortgage crisis building permits were extended to encourage real estate development but the mayor said in seaside heights the policy back fired, the developer delayed and delayed leaving this project sitting unfinished. >> as a community we have to go into the legal format of what we're going to do to terminate the building, condemn the building, perhaps even use eminent domain to buy it for ourself. >> this building can no longer be delayed by state law. when we told

ted greenberg uncovers new details in a saga that's dragged on since superstorm sandy. >> an ambulance and fire truck are still inside. but some equipment is already being moved out of ocean city's 29th street firehouse. >> this is something we've been asking for, for a long time. >> the jersey shore resort condemned the firehouse calling be vacated by april 15th and demolished a month later. this after a n specs by the state questioned the structural integrity. >> this has to be handled as soon as possible. >> the firehouse was badly damaged by hurricane sandy in 2012 and only housed vehicles since then. construction bids deemed too expensive delayed the rebuilding process. this neighboring trailer has served as home base for the professional firefighters stationed here. they've complained repeatedly about the living conditions, including an infestation of rats and mold. >> we're looking for suitable location within the area to continue to run out that of area. we're not going to abandon that area. >> the city insists there will be no interruption in protection and service. but the fi

. >> you say they're fed up with government and with bureaucracy because of that, because of superstorm sandy experiences with the federal government for getting the money for sandy aid, getting it distributed to the local level and to the people. i think people are angry with the direction of the nation and they want a shakeup. >> which explains why this is the year of the outsider. ainsley, brian and steve. we'll enjoy some more pancakes and turkey bacon. >> all right. thank you very much, anna. >>> more "fox & friends" after the break. nothing unleashes power... quite like the human foot. introducing the 241 horsepower lexus is 200 turbo. with almost twenty percent more base horsepower. once driven, there's no going back. feel like this. look like this. feel like this. with dreamwalk insoles, turn shoes that can be a pain into comfortable ones. their soft cushioning support means you can look like this. and feel like this. dreamwalk. >>> some quick headlines for you. a bird flies into the plane, shattering the wind shield. the delta jet was heading from new york city to nashville when it h

superstorm sandy sent about 7 million-gallons of corrosive sea water into the tunnel in 2012. roughly 56 miles of communication and power cabling need to now be replaced. again that's being postponed. >> no small task there. wow. >>> when we come back, a

families still fighting fema over damage from superstorm sandy. bombshell accusations including fraud. and classic mediterranean dishes served up in new jersey. that and more beginning on eyewitness news first at 4:00. >>> time for the feed and stories that got their start on social media. and are now getting shared and