Brian Hajeski of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up onto the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after superstorm Sandy rolled through.
"If we spend between $3 million and $4 million, even if we hit a grand slam and get 75 percent of that reimbursed, we're still out a million dollars," Hartford said.
Likewise, in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., Mayor Vincent Barrella is bracing for a higher tax rate in a town that has already approved $2.4 million for emergency cleanup. It approved more than $1 million in spending this week for boardwalk repairs, sand removal, replacing police cars destroyed in the storm, a front-end loader and other Sandy-related costs.
"This is stuff you have to do," Barrella said. "You have to haul away the debris, you have to pick up the downed trees; you can't just leave the sand in the middle of the street."
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Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Frank Eltman in Long Beach, N.Y., Andrew Miga in Washington, D.C., and David Klepper in Westerly, R.I.
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