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New Bern resident tells aldermen Rebuild NC failures left historic‑district homeowners waiting years
Summary
At the Oct. 14 New Bern Board of Aldermen meeting David French said Rebuild NC and state officials failed to follow historic‑district guidelines and stopped his program payments; he asked the city and county to represent affected flood survivors.
David French, a New Bern resident, used the public‑comment period at the Oct. 14 Board of Aldermen meeting to lay out a prolonged dispute with Rebuild NC and state recovery officials over reconstruction in New Bern's historic district.
"It is over 7 very long years since Hurricane Florence hit our beloved Newbern ... Myself as well as thousands of other ENC folks are still not back home due to the failure of rebuild NC under Roy Cooper and Josh Stein," French said, citing program delays and denials he described as "illegal and…
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