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Insurance delays frustrate Piermont family sickened by mold

Veronica Artrip talks about her frustration with her

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | Veronica Artrip talks about her frustration with her insurance company's response while dealing with mold in her Piermont house as a result of Hurricane Sandy. (Jan. 16, 2013)

When James and Veronica Artrip wake up in their Piermont home each morning, they step onto sunken floorboards covered with musty-smelling blue carpet while coughing and feeling ill -- the results of the 9 feet of water that rushed into their basement and saturated the carpet and first-floor walls at the height of Hurricane Sandy.

Not long after the hurricane, the black mold started creeping...

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