Hurricane Sandy

ACLU: Public Input Needed for Sandy Aid Spending

The organization is calling for more transparency into the process of spending federal relief funds.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey, along with the Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic, is calling for transparency and greater public input when it comes to spending federal dollars on Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. The organizations jointly submitted a letter to the state Department of Community Affairs Tuesday asking for opportunities for the public to discuss plans put in place to spend portions of the more than $50 billion approved by Congress in January as part of Sandy relief bill HR 152.  The DCA released a draft of its spending plan to the public one week ago, according to a release, but only gave the public seven days to review or submit comments on the plan. No public hearings were scheduled to discuss…

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