FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013 photo, a beach front home that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy rests in the sand in Bay Head, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013 photo, a beach front home that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy rests in the sand in Bay Head, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, react after the Senate passed a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Senate is finaly sending a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid to President Obama for his signature. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Northeast lawmakers react after the Senate passed a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. From right to left are Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Senate is finally sending a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid to President Obama for his signature. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, react after the Senate passed a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for Superstorm Sandy victims at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Senate is finaly sending a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid to President Obama for his signature. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 aerial file photo shows the Breezy Point neighborhood, in New York, where more than 50 homes were burned to the ground as a result of Superstorm Sandy. Sandy ran up a $42 billion bill on New York and the state and New York City are making big requests for disaster aid from the federal government, according to one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration officials. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife, Laura, as their son Kyle leans over, at right, as they survey the remains of the home owned by Laura's parents that burned to the ground in the Breezy Point section of New York, following Superstorm Sandy. Sandy ran up a $42 billion bill on New York and the state and New York City are making big requests for disaster aid from the federal government, according to one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration officials. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 file photo, utility workers walk past a badly damaged house in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the Rockaways, in New York. The house is one of 200 homes that has been designated unsafe by the New York City Department of Buildings because of damage from Superstorm Sandy. Sandy ran up a $42 billion bill on New York and the state and New York City are making big requests for disaster aid from the federal government, according to one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration officials. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that his state suffered $32 billion in damage from Superstorm Sandy. He also said Sandy caused much more damage than Hurricane Katrina. (Nov. 27)
NJ governor defends $100M Sandy cleanup contract
UNION BEACH, N.J. (
AP) — New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie is defending a $100 million contract his administration gave a Florida company to haul away debris from Superstorm
Sandy.
Christie says the contract with AshBritt was not awarded without competitive bidding, as critics have charged.
The governor says New Jersey has a cooperative agreement with the state of Connecticut that allows it to piggyback off an earlier contract with that state.
Christie says Connecticut contracted with AshBritt in 2010 in a $100 million deal that was competitively bid.
He says New Jersey needed to hire a contractor quickly after Sandy to begin picking up mounds of debris left by the storm. And AshBritt was selected in part because the firm had experience dealing with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and was able to get full reimbursement.
Gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono, the former chairwoman of the Senate Budget Committee, called on the governor Tuesday to release all communication and records surrounding the AshBritt contract.
Buono is likely to win the Democratic nomination and run against Christie in November.
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