NJ Spotlight: With $250 million in federal money allocated for the effort, DEP Commissioner Bob Martin faced repeated questions yesterday from the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee during a hearing in the Statehouse annex on the agencys proposed budget for the fiscal year 2014.
What were trying to do is buy out whole streets and whole neighborhoods. Thats a top criteria, Martin told the lawmakers. Just buying one or two houses doesnt really help.
The agency has been talking with various...