HAMMER Magazine e-mail Update, 3-1

e-mail update
March 1, 2014
CONTENTS
This update courtesy of HAMMER Magazine. Sponsor: the Long Island Builders Institute (LIBI) & Long Island Builders Expo, 3/26/14
• NEW YORK RISING RULES CHANGE CONSTANTLY.
Here is today’s interpretation on how it works so you can go to work
and help Sandy victims.
• CALENDAR OF INDUSTRY EVENTS
• HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SUFFOLK GALA
celebrating their 25th Anniversary.
• LONG ISLAND BUILDERS EXPO
coming Wednesday, March 26th at the Huntington Hilton, Route 110.
t’s a disaster almost as big as Sandy itself.
We’re talking about New York Rising, its
funding to rebuild Sandy-damaged homes and
properties, the literally millions and millions of
dollars not flowing, and the thousands upon
thousands of homeowners and families still
displaced almost a year and a half ago. To our
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Article by John Rigrod
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building and construction audience, the rules
keep changing. The worse yet is that,
seemingly, no one in charge is keeping you
up to date. So we will.
What’s new and what’s not?
In October 2013, New York Rising held
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several meetings,
somewhat
announced, with
contractors,
remodelers, and
builders to inform
them of the
requirements to
perform their work
within New York
Rising guidelines. In
Jon Kaiman, Special Advisor for
our opinion, the
Long Island Storm Recovery
original plans were
disasterous. Heavily influenced by the fact that
the money was coming from the federal
government via HUD into NY Rising, the first
attempt was to have government control the
entire process. Briefly (and glad that it’s gone)
were the requirements that all those in the
contracting business who wanted a piece of the
pie would have to be prescreened and listed by
New York Rising. To accomplish this goal there
was bonding and requirements for special
insurance, etc. that a company would have to
meet before being allowed to earn its keep
with government dollars allocated on the
homeowners’ behalf. The worst part was the
payment schedule. NY Rising offered only a ten
percent downpayment to get the job started
with fifty percent more when half the job was
done, followed by the final forty percent at the
end of the project, which was hard to determine
when that would be. New York Rising claimed
that they would have untold numbers of
contractors ready and willing to work under
these requirements and expected to list
hundreds, if not thousands, of them on their
website for a homeowner’s choice. Although
their list was taken down suddenly, and this
cannot be verified, several sources tell us that
the numbers registered were somewhere in the
area of forty companies who chose to be, and
were qualified to be, on the government’s list.
Unless listed, you couldn’t qualify to work if you
were to be paid for by a New York Rising grant.
What ever happened to communication?
Tipped off by a remodeler who had actually
gotten a written invitation in the mail, HAMMER
went to one of the four original meetings in
October where approximately 200 others
showed up to get what was essentially bad
news. The point? If upwards of a thousand
attended the original four meetings where they
were told of requirements that obviously
wouldn’t work, why haven’t they been told of
the many changes to the rules and regulations
that make good sense? At those meetings,
those in attendance signed in with company
name, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses. It
is assumed that some, if not many, of the
attendees at the original meetings came via
word of mouth. Having a database reasonably
of a thousand or more, one would think it
would have been the responsibility of New York
Rising or its contracted agents to create a
database that would be used to inform the
building trade of any changes along the way. The
problem is that those who were discouraged or
who chose not to work with New York Rising
dollars based on the conditions described at the
original meetings (and who, in turn, may have
turned down homeowners’ business) were not
told of the changes and perhaps a new chance
to do business with Sandy victims. In the
meanwhile, those who somehow remained
closer to New York Rising representatives were
given the news way ahead of the rest. In fact,
according to their information, during the
month of February, there were twelve morning
meetings scheduled in facilities where
contractors could come to learn about the
new conditions. Homeowners were scheduled
to attend these Technical Assistance Meetings
(TAMs) in the afternoon. In most cases, the
homeowners were learning about the changes
well ahead of Long Island’s general contractor
base. Worse yet, no matter how we pursued
the new information, we were inevitably told to
search it out on the homeowners’ pages of New
York Rising’s website. To this day, there is no
easily found information for contractors on
their website. If this is incorrect and any of you
know better as to where contractors are kept
informed, please let us know and we will pass
the information on.
The game has changed dramatically.
Contractors are no longer certified or
prescreened by New York Rising. Homeowners
are now allowed to choose their licensed
contractors and pay them directly. The system,
as in place today, will give the homeowner fifty
percent of its grant money to get things going,
and the second fifty percent when the job is
completed. There is a promise by government
to move this second payment within 30 days of
completion. However, there are still several
flies in the ointment. If the job is over
$100,000 bonding is required. And if the job is
over $10,000 a “Design Professional” must be
used. A Design Professional is a properly
licensed architect or professional engineer who
cannot be on the staff of the construction
company. As explained to the relatively small
group of contractors (under fifty) who attended a poorly promoted meeting at the
Patchogue Theater on February 20th, some of
this seems to make sense because lead paint
clearance, asbestos identification and/or
abatement, soil composition and its testing,
elevation, etc. is in the picture, it may be foolish
for the average contracting company to think
they know how to handle all this. For example,
those who have taken the required lead paint
safety rules training and are certified in safe
practices are far away from those with full
certification to handle the lead paint clearance
aspect required before all payments are made
by the government. As explained reasonably
well that day, a home that was intended to be
repaired might best be torn down and replaced
if the costs of repair, required elevation, even
the installation of a sprinkler system if the
house is now three stories or more, must be
taken into account. Another point. Homes
funded by New York Rising are to be made
liveable. “Luxury” items like granite countertops
can be had, but additional dollars must come
from the homeowner for costs that exceed NY
Rising’s standards.
There is a cap to the dollars.
Strongly clarified at this meeting was the cap.
For almost a year, there have been confusing
interpretations as
to who pays for
what, and how
much. There is
money for
renovation or rebuilding (totally
new construction).
Over many
months, it has been believed that untold money
will be available, no matter what, to get the job
done. For example, additional dollars to elevate,
for mold removal, for accessibility, etc. The way
it works is that the cap representing the most
dollars a homeowner is entitled to is (up to)
$300,000. There is an additional (up to)
$50,000 above the (up to) $300,000 cap for
low to moderate income allowance, and an
additional (up to) $50,000 for elevation
allowance if in a 100 year flood plain and with
substantial damage. In theory, if the true
damage to the home could be fixed for
$150,000, another $50,000 could bring that
amount up to $200,000 were it needed for
mandated elevation. However, for many if not
most of those to be rewarded grant money
from New York Rising, the maximum dollars
cannot exceed the $300,000 mark including
monies for fire sprinklers, etc. These dollars
are also believed to include fees for permits
and fees for the design professional that are set
at (up to) ten percent of the total job. The
biggest point of information here is that aside
from all discussed prior, monies that have been
given the homeowner to date are most likely
deducted from the total amount now offered.
For concept, the homeowner is deserving of
the total maximum of $400,000 but has already
received from insurance, FEMA, etc. $50,000.
The check written by government will be
$350,000. But be aware that even work done
by charities, i.e., muck-out, demolition, new
sheetrock, roof repairs, etc. will be factored in
as money received by the homeowner and
deducted from the total amount originally
justified. So, the not so great sheetrock and
spackling that now stands in a home fixed to
the best of their ability by members of a charity
is now deducted in dollars’ worth in the same
way that the homeowner could have paid for a
professional to do the job.
Xactimate® and $160 per square foot.
The way monies have been computed is
through a system called “Xactimate®” which is
used by professionals, insurance companies, and
governments nationwide to assess damage and
what it would cost to repair it in a particular
region. An additional piece of information, as of
now, is that the rate paid for new construction
is $160 per square foot of the home, although
how this system works is not fully clear to us
at this time (we are working to get more
knowledge). Strangely, and most frustrating to
those in the building trades is, when it gets
down to details, the homeowner knows more
than you do as to how all this works. They have
been assigned caseworkers from FEMA and/or
New York Rising, have appeared at these
Technical Assistance Meetings, where to our
investigation, some have been told opposing
opinions that same day depending upon the
caseworker, the supervisor, etc. But because
the homeowner has internet access to his or
her files, and is constant connection with a NY
Rising caseworker, they have more up to date
information to those in the contracting field.
It is our advice to beware of taking
everything the homeowner states as fact.
These are troubling times where rules and
regulations are fluid, open to various
interpretation, and are changing daily. To quote
Jon Kaiman, named by Governor Andrew
Cuomo as Special Advisor for Long Island
Storm Recovery as part of the New York Rising
Community Reconstruction Program and/or
Seth Diamond, New York State Director for
Storm Recovery, “New York Rising is like
building an airplane while you are flying it.” In
truth, there has never been a condition in the
United States anywhere near the damage done
by Superstorm Sandy. This is because the
density of population in the New York and New
Jersey waterfront communities is overwhelming.
As known and constantly discussed in Newsday
and other media, of the approximate 1 million
LIPA (now PSEG) customers, some 900,000
were without power for days, if not weeks.
Those affected by floodwaters, backed up
sewerage, etc. are in the tens of thousands.
Therefore, there were never enough government
representatives, insurance adjusters, and the
like for those in need of services from those
providers. After congress held things up for
some three months after the actual storm,
federal money had to be transferred to the
states and then to the people with heavy
federal strings attached. The recent questions
in New Jersey as to how their money is being
spent demonstrates the overwhelming impact
of the storm as to recovery procedures, and
the lack of workable rules and regulations.
Therefore, to many, New York Rising is doing a
good job. This will be determined over many
years to come, but seeing Sandy related problems
in both states on local news night after night
tells us that things could and should get better
for all of us, victims or problem solvers.
For all those who have missed the few
meetings for the contracting industry held by
New York Rising, a .pdf copy of their
PowerPoint presentation including some
contact information is available on HAMMER
Magazine’s website, hammermagazine.net. As
we understand it, Long Island efforts are
contracted via a company named LiRo based
out of Syosset and their representatives are the
ones listed.
In conclusion, to those victimized by
Superstorm Sandy, the wait for answers and
financial payments has been endless. To those
in the contracting business, the lack of communication and intelligent rules and regulations has
been intolerable. To those counting the money,
it will reach billions of dollars of which our
membership and the deserving victims of the
storm. A storm that certainly could happen
again, even tomorrow. In a different light,
affiliated trade organizations should be increasing
their membership base tenfold as there probably
has never been a better time to recruit new
Over one year later, many homes remain the same while homeowners still wait for insurance, charity, and New York Rising.
readership is entitled to make fair profit as they
professionally help those who are in need and
who should soon be fairly rewarded for their
needs. But the problems are not over by far.
As individual business owners, you should learn
as much as you can about the topic discussed
and stay as informed as you can as things
continually change.
An opportunity for your
trade associations.
In our opinion, there has never been a better
time for the trade associations representing
architects, builders, contractors, and those in
the real estate industry, plus those who are
supplying materials for this enormous rebuild
to get it together as never before. The trade
associations must help those members who pay
good money to be a part of them. These trade
associations should be advocating for the best
rules and regulations on behalf of both their
members who should benefit by joining the
American Institute of Architects, the Long Island
Builders Institute, the Queens and Bronx Building
Association, the Building Industry Association of
New York City, the National Association of the
Remodeling Industry, the Associated Builders
and Contractors, etc.
We at HAMMER Magazine are attending as
many meetings and investigating and lobbying as
best we can on your behalf and we will attempt
to keep you notified in print and/or electronically.
The building industry is looking better for 2014.
If and when New York Rising dollars start flowing
(and we expect this to be in the immediate
future) those in the contracting business should
do well as they help those less fortunate put
their lives and their homes back together.
Stay tuned and stay informed. And if you
get relevant news, please e-mail us at
hammerco@optonline.net at your earliest
convenience and we will post it on our website.
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The Corridor Magazine’s Real Property Forum “Luncheon on the Harbor”
Wednesday, 3/5/14, 12 pm (fee)
Topic: Discussion with Real Estate Professionals and allied realty industries
Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Contact: 631-683-4660 or www.thecorridorli.com
Riverhead Building Supply Trade Show (to the trade only)
Wednesday, 3/5/14, 7:30am – 4pm
East Wind Conference Center, Wading River, NY 11792
Program includes breakfast (7:30a), buffet lunch (11:30a –1:30p), beverages, speakers, demonstrations, exhibits
Note: Must register online at www.rbstradeshow.com/register, call 631-727-1400
Long Island Job Finder 2014 Job Fair
Tuesday, 3/11/14, 9:30am – 2:30pm
Clarion Hotel, 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Contact: www.lijobfinder.com or 631-696-8568
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk 25th Anniversary Gala
Thursday, 3/13/14, 6pm – 11pm (fee)
Honoring Kevin Law, Pres. & CEO of the LI Association; Dave Knapp and the Board of the
Island Outreach Foundation; and Christine Patterson, V.P., Astoria Federal Savings.
Funds raised at the Gala will directly support Habitat Suffolk’s affordable housing program.
Oheka Castle, 135 West Gate Dr, Huntington, NY 11743
Sponsorship information and registration (required): 631-422-4828 or steph@habitatsuffolk.org
Long Island Commercial Real Estate Expo
Tuesday, 3/18/14, 11am – 5pm
Executive Business Breakfast & Panel Discussion, 8am – 9:45am (fee)
Retail Long Island Open Trade Floor, visit with retailers 11am – 11:45am (fee)
Lunch with the Lenders & Panel Discussion, 12pm – 1:45pm (fee)
Retail LI Open Trade Floor, meet w/RE acquisition & development teams of franchisees & retailers, 2pm – 5pm (fee)
Combination fees i.e., all access passes are available
Hilton Long Island, 598 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, NY 11747
Registration required. 347-699-6040 or info@licree.com
Action Long Island 23rd Annual State of Long Island
Wednesday, 3/19/14, 7:30am – 4pm (fee)
Speakers: Ed Mangano, Nassau County Executive and Steve Bellone, Suffolk County Executive
Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY 11797
Registration required. 631-425-2700 or info@actionlongisland.org
Queens & Bronx Building Association (QBBA) Networking Cocktail Party
Wednesday, 3/19/14, 6pm (fee)
Bring 100 business cards
Monahan and Fitzgerald, 214-17 41st Avenue, Bayside, NY 11361
Contact: queensbronxba.com or 718-428-3369
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Dinner Meeting
Thursday, 3/20/14, 5:30pm (fee)
Topic TBA
Carlyle at the Palace, 1600 Round Swamp Road, Plainview, NY 11803
Information and Registration: www.nari-ny.org or 631-673-NARI
Atlantic Builders Convention (ABC) Conference and Expo
Tuesday, 3/25, Wednesday, 3/26, Thursday, 3/27/14 (fee)
Special events include and Industry Awards Luncheon on 3/26 and the SAM Awards Dinner on 3/27.
Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Contact: 609-587-5577 or abcconvention.com
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Long Island Chapter Dinner Meeting
Wednesday, 3/26/14; 6pm (fee)
Topic: Cold-Formed Steel Framing for the Specifier by Jeffrey Klaiman, ADTEK Engineers, Inc.
Chateau Briand, 440 Old Country Road, Carle Place, NY 11514
RSVP: alomo3535@aol.com or 516-294-0971
Long Island Builders Institute (LIBI) Annual Home Show/Builders Expo
Wednesday, 3/26/14, 3pm – 8pm
Open to the trade and to the public. Educational seminars for the trade and public.
Note: Special seminar for those in the trade, “Energy Efficient Envelopes” 11am – 3pm (fee), includes lunch.
Presented by John Barrows, CGP, GMB. Continuing Ed Credits for BPI, NAHB, AIA, and
NYSDOS approved for Home Inspectors, Code Enforcement Officials, NYS Realtors, and Appraisers.
Hilton Long Island, 598 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, NY 11747
Contact: 631-232-2345 or www.libi.org
Sustainable Long Island’s 8th Annual Sustainability Conference
Friday, 4/4/14, 8am – 2pm (fee)
“Accomplishing More Together”. Keynote speaker TBA, presentation of “Getting it Done Awards”.
Carlyle on the Green, 99 Quaker Meeting House Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735
For reservations and information: 516-873-0230 or sustainableli.org
Long Island Builders Institute (LIBI) Economic Forecast Luncheon
Wednesday, 4/9/14, 12pm
Speaker: Dr. Elliot Eisenberg, Economist
Woodbury Country Club, 884 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY 11797
Contact: jen@libi.org or 631-232-2345
American Institute of Architects (AIA) LI Chapter Annual Product Fair
Thursday, 4/10/14, Exhibits open 12noon – 7pm
Continuing Education Classes begin at 8am and continue throughout the day
LI Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 101 James Doolittle Blvd., Uniondale, NY 11553
Contact: 516-294-0971 or aialongisland.com
New York State Builders Association (NYSBA) Scholarship Deadline
Friday, 4/11/14
William Morehouse Scholarship program is administered by NYSBA’s Research and Education Foundation
Membership required (LIBI, QBBA, etc.)
Contact: Juli Turner at 518-465-2492 x110 or jturner@nysba.com
National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Dinner Meeting
Topic TBA
Wednesday, 4/16/14, 5:30pm (fee)
Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury, NY 11797
Information and Registration: www.nari-ny.org or 631-673-NARI (6274)
Kamco Supply Corp. Customer Appreciation & Vendor Showcase (to the trade only)
Thursday, 5/8/14, 3:00 - 8:00 pm
Latest commercial and residential building material products and services (50 plus exhibitors).
Seminars by nationally known construction industry sales trainer/consultant Tom Woodcock.
Up to 3 AIA credit hours. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, buffet dinner, and beverages, etc.
Door prizes, raffles, give-aways, and show specials.
Coming to Queens! Douglaston Manor, 63-20 Commonwealth Blvd., Little Neck, NY 11363
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February, 2014 Dear Friends, We are writing to invite you to help us in celebrating our first quarter century of building affordable home ownership opportunities in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. 25 years and 165 homes later, we are asking for your help to make this very special celebration a success! On Thursday, March 13, 2014, Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk will hold our 25th Anniversary Gala at the Oheka Castle in Huntington. We will be honoring: •
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Ken Batchelor – Habitat Suffolk’s founding President to present the award to: Kevin Law, President & CEO, LI Association – “Founders Award” Dave Knapp, Chair, and the Board of the Island Outreach Foundation – “Philanthropist Award” Christine Patterson, V.P., Astoria Federal – “Volunteer Award” for Underwriting support Funds raised at the Gala will directly support Habitat Suffolk’s affordable housing program, helping low – moderate income working families on Long Island achieve the American Dream of home ownership! With your help, we plan to build 12 new or rehabilitated affordable homes in the next year, in addition to continuing to help our neighbors impacted by Sandy repair their homes. Please join with us, our Committee members, and Board of Directors in support of this wonderful organization. One of the highlights of the Gala will be our Raffle. We so appreciate your consideration. We hope that you will be able to make a donation for us to use as one of our raffle prizes. Please fill out the attached form and send your donation to: Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk, 643 Middle Country Rd., Middle Island, NY 11953. For more information about Habitat Suffolk and the Gala, please visit www.habitatsuffolk.org. If you have any questions, or need more information regarding the Gala, please call (631) HABITAT (422-­‐4828) to contact Les Scheinfeld, Development Director at ext. 105 / Les@habitatsuffolk.org or Steph Busia, Manager of Partnerships and Communication at ext. 100 / Steph@habitatsuffolk.org. Thank you so much for your consideration and, in advance, for your support of Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk. In Partnership, Dr. Marian Conway Executive Director -­‐ NYCB Foundation 25th Anniversary Gala -­‐ Chairwoman Habitat Suffolk -­‐ Board Member Diane Burke, Executive Director, C.E.O. Board of Directors: Ethel Abbott-­‐ Secretary, Centerport Methodist Church elder Stephen Antaki, CPA, Partner, AVZ Accounting Salvatore Ferraro, Director, Electrical Training Center Bill Fuchs-­‐ Treasurer, CFO, Duralee Fabrics Chris Hogg, Managing Director, Macquarie Capital Advisors Lee Silberman Executive V.P. -­‐ Duralee Fabrics Habitat Suffolk -­‐ Chairman of the Board RLarry Hohler, Founder, Hope Children’s Fund Raymond Homburger, Mgr., Customer Exp., Electric, PSEG LI Richard Johannesen, Partner, Johannesen & Johannesen LLP Llewellyn Johnson, Architect, LD Johnson Architects Edward Kavanagh-­‐ 1st V.P., Edward L. Kavanagh Attys. at Law John Rigrod, Publisher, HAMMER Magazine Steven Werfel, Assistant General Counsel, Capital One 25th ANNIVERSARY GALA - March 13, 2014 - Oheka Castle
PREMIER BUILDER SPONSORS
$25,000
Sponsor recognition at event •Signage with company name/logo prominently
displayed at event, and linked on event website • Full Page Gold Journal ad •Two
reserved tables (10 seats per table) + two Habitat families hosted by you at your
tables • 4 Work Day Experiences • $10,000 radio advertising bonus benefits
MASTER CARPENTER SPONSORS $15,000
Sponsor recognition at event •Signage with company name/logo prominently
displayed at event, and linked on event website •Full Page Gold Journal ad •Two
reserved tables (10 seats per table) + two Habitat families hosted by you at your
tables• 2 Work Day Experiences • $5,000 radio advertising bonus benefits
CORNERSTONE SPONSORS $10,000
Signage with company name/logo prominently displayed at event • Full page
silver journal ad •One reserved table (10 seats) + Habitat family hosted by you
at your table • 1 Work Day Experience • $2,500 radio advertising bonus benefits
FRAMEWORK SPONSORS $5,000
Signage with company name/logo displayed at event •Full page journal ad,
One reserved table (10 seats) + Habitat family hosted by you at your table
NUTS AND BOLTS SPONSORS $3,000
4 Tickets with preferred seating • Full page journal ad
INDIVIDUAL TICKET $350
EXCLUSIVE 25th ANNIVERSARY BOOK SPONSOR $10,000
EVENT JOURNAL
Back Cover $5,000 •Inside (front or back) cover $4,000 • Gold Page $3,000 • Silver Page $2,000
Full Page (B/W) $1,000 • Half Page (B/W) $500 • Quarter Page (B/W) $250 • Line Listing $100
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk
643 Middle Country Rd., Middle Island, NY 11953.
www.habitatsuffolk.org
For further details on sponsorship levels, for more information, or to register,
please call Les Scheinfeld, Director of Development at (631) 422-4828 ext. 105
e-mail: les@habitatsuffolk.org
Thank you for your consideration and support.
25th ANNIVERSARY GALA - March 13, 2014 - Oheka Castle
Raffle Donation Form
Name_______________________________________________________________________
Organization_________________________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________________
City__________________________ State__________________________ Zip_____________
Phone_____________________________________
Email______________________________________
Description:
Value: ____________________
Please send your donation for the Gala by March 7, 2014 to:
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk
643 Middle Country Rd., Middle Island, NY 11953.
www.HabitatSuffolk.org
For more information please call (631) HABITAT (422-4828) ext. 105
Email – Les@habitatsuffolk.org
Thank you for your consideration and support.
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