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Latino Group Files Complaint Against Chris Christie Administration

Latino Group Files Complaint Against N.J. Governor
Roque Planas
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National Reporter, HuffPost

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - SEPTEMBER 13: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to the media at the scene of a massive fire that destroyed dozens of businesses along an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk on September 13, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The 6-alarm fire began in a frozen custard stand on the recently rebuilt boardwalk around 2:00 p.m. on September 12, and quickly spread in high winds. While there were no injuries reported, many businesses that had only recently re-opened after Hurricane Sandy, were destroyed in the blaze. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - SEPTEMBER 13: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to the media at the scene of a massive fire that destroyed dozens of businesses along an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk on September 13, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The 6-alarm fire began in a frozen custard stand on the recently rebuilt boardwalk around 2:00 p.m. on September 12, and quickly spread in high winds. While there were no injuries reported, many businesses that had only recently re-opened after Hurricane Sandy, were destroyed in the blaze. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Members of the Latino Action Network (LAN) filed a formal complaint with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today, stating that the Christie Administration broke federal laws by failing to provide equal access in English and Spanish to information regarding its Sandy recovery grant programs.

According to LAN, information provided on the English version of New Jersey’s Sandy recovery web site was omitted from the Spanish version of the web site, and left many Spanish speaking Sandy victims unable to take advantage of grant program benefits.

“The Christie Administration may not care about the real life impacts on Latinos struggling to rebuild after Sandy, but for those families the impacts are devastating,” vice president of the LAN Christian Estevez said.

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