The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it cannot extend the one-year deadline for filing lawsuits related to final settlements for Superstorm Sandy claims.
New York's two senators and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. had asked FEMA to extend the deadline, with Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., asking in a letter for the 12-month period to begin after homeowners had exhausted appeals and received final settlements.
However, in a memo from James Sadler, FEMA director of Claims for the National Flood Insurance Program, says the agency is governed by law in mandating that homeowners must sue within one year of a written denial.
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