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Christie Asks FEMA for Another 6-Month Sandy Claim Extension

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie asked FEMA to grant N.J. residents and businesses that suffered property damage or destruction in Superstorm Sandy an additional six-month extension to file a complete flood insurance claim, or proof of loss, in connection with the storm.

By staff Writer | Updated on April 09, 2014
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie today asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to grant N.J. residents and businesses that suffered property damage or destruction in Superstorm Sandy an additional six-month extension to file a complete flood insurance claim, or proof of loss, in connection with the storm, according to a statement from his administration. Christie’s administration is asking that the filing deadline be extended from Apr. 28 to Oct. 28, 2014.

Christie also reiterated a previous request for FEMA to clarify the interplay between the extended proof of loss deadline and the one-year statute of limitations for filing litigation relation to flood insurance claims. The Christie Administration sent a letter to FEMA in Dec. 2013 asking that the agency interpret the one-year time period as beginning after the denial or partial disallowance of a claim following the submission of proof of loss documents. The clarification requested would mean that the one-year window for residents to file Sandy-related lawsuits over flood insurance claims would not begin until after a claim was denied following the submission of proof of loss.

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