New York's two senators are asking that the Federal Emergency Management Agency give homeowners in the state hard hit by Superstorm Sandy more time to file suits seeking more money from their insurance carriers.

The senators, Democrats Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand, say in a letter that few Sandy victims know that there is a year deadline for them to file suit challenging the settlements proposed by their insurers for repairing damage from the storm.

The letter was written at the request of consumer advocates.

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