repeal. one out of four applicants who was initially denied money ended up having that decision reversed. the data tracks with anecdotal evidence we heard from sandy victims and evidence that suggests hgi was not doing a very good job of disbursing the money. hgi did not respond to our request for comment. we heard back from the christie administration, which did not dispute the data, but placed the blame on fema. saying the fair share act investigated the high number of rejections and learned fema pry provided the state with inaccurate assessment data. we reached out to fema, and they basically said, no, that s not a fair assessment. the new jersey program is a state run program, eligibility is determined by the state of new jersey, at the state s request, fema required its individual assistance data which
very good job of disbursing the money. hgi did not respond to our request for comment. we heard back from the christie administration, which did not dispute the data, but placed the blame on fema. saying the fair share act investigated the high number of rejections and learned fema pry provided the state with inaccurate assessment data. we reached out to fema, and they basically said, no, that s not a fair assessment. the new jersey program is a state run program, eligibility is determined by the state of new jersey, at the state s request, fema required its individual assistance data which is specific to eligibility for fema s program, not intended to be comprehensive data assessment for long term work. frustrated with the fact that the christie administration were not offering clearances over why