Nearly 2 Years After Ida, Manville Residents Are Forced To Choose Between Leaving Their Homes Or Paying For Repairs Themselves

By Christine Sloan, CBS New York

August 16, 2023

MANVILLE, N.J. -- Residents of Manville were told they'd get financial help from the state after the remnants of Hurricane Ida slammed the New Jersey borough, but nearly two years later, many are being forced to choose between leaving their homes or paying tens of thousands of dollars out of their own pocket to fix them.

Traumatic memories of escaping her home during Ida with her then-7-year-old daughter still haunt Maryann Morris.

"She is so scared, and every time it rains, I have to be the one to be strong for her,' she said. "We were running through water to my neighbor's house. We sat there in her house and watched the water just come in and take with it everything."

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