Sandy Impacted More than 2,300 in Montclair

The vast majority of those impacted by super storm Sandy last October was businesses. 

NJ Spotlight recently released an interactive map detailing storm damage and cost estimates broken down by municipality. 

In Montclair there were 2,300 businesses impacted compared to only 28 homes. 

Of the homes that were damaged in town, 15 had minor damage costing up to $8,000, 12 had major damage costing up to $28,800 and one had severe damage costing more than $28,800, according to the report. 

There was additionally one rental unit that sustained minor damage. 

Nearly 87,000 housing units were damaged statewide, of which about 12,500 sustained major damage or were destroyed.

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