right. right. when christie stood up there and said i about a million times in that street, much to the chagrin we later learned. there is some amazing data out about the sandy reconstruction. so much of what has built chris christie has been about sanity. o one of the things we ve been following on the show during the election and throughout and after its aftermath is you ve got this atmospherics that surround chris christie as the fighter for sandy money and the reality. there s this data that shows racial disparity in sandy aid, money that s been distributed so far. see right there the average percentage of applicants denied if you re black is 36%, latino 19%. white is 13%. joining us to talk about that, richard smith, president of the new jersey state conference of the naacp. you guys have been ringing the alarm bell about how this money s been distributed for quiet a while now. yes, indeed. it s disturbing. when we look back, this was supposed to be one of governor
right. right. when christie stood up there and said i about a million times in that street, much to the chagrin we later learned. there is some amazing data out about the sandy reconstruction. so much of what has built chris christie has been about sandy. one of the things we ve been following on the show during the election and throughout and after its aftermath is you ve got this atmospherics that surround chris christie as the fighter for sandy money and the reality. there s this data that shows racial disparity in sandy aid, money that s been distributed so far. see right there the average percentage of applicants denied if you re black is 36%, latino 19%. white is 13%. joining us to talk about that, richard smith, president of the new jersey state conference of the naacp. you guys have been ringing the alarm bell about how this money s been distributed for quiet a while now. yes, indeed. it s disturbing. when we look back, this was supposed to be one of governor christie s b
white is 13%. joining us to talk about that, richard smith, president of the new jersey state conference of the naacp. you guys have been ringing the alarm bell about how this money s been distributed for quiet a while now. yes, indeed. it s disturbing. when we look back, this was supposed to be one of governor christie s biggest assets during his re-election bid and that was his handling of this tragic storm. it s turning out to be one of his biggest liabilities bauds because our concern is the fact we have people out there hurting, still displaced. when we look at the numbers, 40% of african-americans being rejected, comparison to 14% of caucasians, that s disturbing. this storm hit everybody. the storm didn t discriminate. i can t say the same what we re seeing in the numbers when it comes to the funding. here s the thing about the funding. we ve looked into this. there s slated to be about $20 billion to $25 billion depending how it all shakes out. going to come to new jersey a