the distribution of billions of dollars in federal hurricane sandy recovery money. those officials made a rare public appearance last night in newark at a hearing on how to distribute the next round of sandy aid. nearly $1.5 billion. >> obviously we want to hear what everyone has to say. >> that's richard constable, the head of the new jersey department of community affairs. he's the guy overseeing the distribution of a lot of that sandy money, and he's one of the christie administration officials that hoboken mayor dawn zimmer says pushed her personally to expedite a favored development in exchange for sandy funds for her city. constable denies this. but whether or not dawn zimmer's allegations are true, there have been plenty of troubling revolutions about the sandy money that are not contested. here's what we know. in december, new jersey quietly fired the contractor that was supposed to distribute $780