Unclaimed funds could be available to Sandy victims

Need extra cash to help pay bills related to superstorm Sandy?

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is reminding local residents that his office has money the state owes them. It totals $416.4 million on Long Island.

A searchable database of unclaimed funds can be found at osc.state.ny.us/ouf/index.htm.

In Nassau County, the largest amount owed, $11.5 million, is to residents of the 11530 ZIP code in Garden City.

In Suffolk, the most is owed, $9 million, to residents of the 11746 ZIP code in Huntington Station.