by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 17 – NYC's crumbling public housing authority, NYCHA, negotiates savings from utility companies but then HUD in Washington takes half of it.
On August 17 HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, who has previously been asked about the issue, got a letter from elected officials including Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10), Senator Chuck Schumer, AOC and others.
Inner City Press went to Rep Goldman's press conference in front of 200 Madison Street and asked what Secretary Fudge's response has been, and if there might be a lawsuit under 42 USC 1437g.
Rep Goldman replied that he has a good working relationship with Secretary Fudge, for example on 5 World Trade, and that the letter had just been sent. (There appears to have been an earlier inquiry too, that we're tracking down).
Then Danette Chavis of the LaGuardia Houses noted that while tenants have to comply with HUD's regulations, HUD is not complying with the law. Video here.
We'll have more on this - the answers were appreciated, while in midtown Manhattan the United Nations continues to ban Inner City Press in contravention of the First Amendment and Article 19, no response to this.
Also speaking were State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Grace Lee and Councilmembers Carlina Rivera and Christopher Marte.
The letter is signed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), and Representatives Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), Grace Meng (NY-06), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), and Jamaal Bowman (NY-16).
More including analysis on Substack here
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