New York City politicians and victims of Sandy are attacking a city-run program that's supposed to rebuild homes destroyed by the storm but that officials admit has yet to complete a single project.
Officials admitted at a city council hearing Monday that construction has begun on only three homes — and none have been completely rebuilt.
A year and a half after the storm, checks have been mailed to just three homeowners — totaling $100,000. And those checks were only sent out last week.
Officials say the city needs another $1 billion in federal funding to serve the thousands of New Yorkers who've applied for help from the Build-It-Back program.
The city says it's waiting for the final installment of a federal Housing and Urban Development block grant.
Several Sandy victims testified that the program failed them during the hearing.
