data obtained shows that both african american and latinos who have applied for sandy rebuilding relief have been rejected at higher rates than white applicants. african-americans have been rejected at more than twice the rate of white applicants, and latinos at 50% higher rate. in addition to the figures, it is alleged the administration posted incorrect information on the spanish language version of the state s sandy website, and has done nothing to remedy the situation for those affected. we reached out to governor christie s administration by both e-mail and phone for comment on those issues, but we ve not heard back. at table, kevin walsh, associate director of fair share housing center, the organization involved in both the fair housing complaint and the case over the public record. frank argotifraye, and stacey burger, president and ceo, the housing community development network of new jersey, and james perry, executive director of the greater new orleans for action center, who
missed that deadline. there was the wrong addresses in the spanish website. so the impact of that, we can t even begin to judge, because they never even sent out any message or anything to say, hey, if you applied improperly because of this bad information, well, you know, here. here, how we help you? there s been no effort to address that. stacey, i wonder, in part, because we re framing this, thinking about bridgegate, thinking about mayor zimmer s recent remarks, and, frank, you making the point there s been some pattern previously. i wonder if all of this is now going to be read quite differently in a new context that has emerged, sort of since these past two weeks have passed? we think there is definitely an opportunity to go back and look at the federal funding that has been disbursed with a much closer look, and this stuff is comingnd a microscope in a way it maybe hadn t before. we think that that s going to help people get the help they