NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- New Jersey's Governor-Elect Phil Murphy heads to Puerto Rico Friday, leading a delegation to survey ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria.
Murphy will survey first-hand the devastation and recovery efforts on the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria which made landfall on September 20.
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Murphy says hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans have family in Puerto Rico, and he intends to send a clear message that the state has not forgotten the people of devastated island.
New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy speaks during a news conference in Newark, N.J., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)