Harvey Victims and Lawyers Take Note: 5 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Lawyers Still Working on New York Hurricane Cases
The director of a law school clinic advising victims of Hurricane Sandy said volunteer lawyers should advise clients to take a lot of photos of damages.
August 30, 2017 at 07:59 PM
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As legal aid and volunteer lawyers in Texas begin providing legal advice to thousands of Texans with Hurricane Harvey property damage, similar work continues in New York—nearly five years after Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern Seaboard.
Melissa Luckman, director of the Touro Law Center's Disaster Relief Clinic in Central Islip, New York, said the clinic has 125 active Hurricane Sandy cases and received 25 new referrals last week. That is nearly five years after Hurricane Sandy hit New York and New Jersey on Oct. 29, 2012 in what is the second-costliest hurricane ever.
Luckman said the clinic started as a hotline for Sandy victims seeking help with insurance, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Small Business Administration issues. But it evolved into a full-service clinic serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. Luckman said most of the remaining clients are dealing with contractor fraud or need assistance getting funding for repairs from the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program.
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