Supporters of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seem unable to discern how her green “New Deal” bill acknowledges no urgency to the crises facing NYCHA residents.
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Supporters of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seem unable to discern how her green “New Deal” bill acknowledges no urgency to the crises facing NYCHA residents.
Continue readingNYCHA officials refused to comment after Progress New York published data, which identified public housing developments that faced the likely transfer to the private sector.
Continue readingData received anonymously reportedly shows which public housing developments are part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans for the privatisation of the New York City Housing Authority.
Continue readingThe Green New Deal for public housing proposed by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ignores the public health emergency taking place now at the New York City Housing Authority.
Continue readingProgress New York staff member Louis Flores was interviewed by WBAI news host Michael G. Haskins about the situation facing NYCHA.
Continue readingMachine politics determined each of the outcome of the Queens District Attorney’s race, the staff of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and rulings by Court systems, giving New York élites power to withstand demands for reform by social and economic justice movements.
Continue readingA review of Alfie Kohn’s book, No Contest : The Case Against Competition. Competition is hurtful. It leads to bullying. The opposite, coöperation, is helpful. Cheating is substantially reduced, often eliminated, completely.
Continue readingChief U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon, who remained silent to pleas for judicial intervention in a FOIA lawsuit seeking the release of speech records of Preet Bharara, sits on panel that quietly allowed President Donald Trump’s sister to resign to avoid possible disciplinary actions over alleged ethics violations.
Continue readingThe U.S. Attorney’s Office for New York’s southern district, which first revealed in 2016 information about the New York City Housing Authority’s lead poisoning crisis, now violates transparency by operating in the dark.
Continue readingFederal prosecutors won’t explain a $1 billion drop in the NYCHA settlement fund in face of speculation that Bart Schwartz will serve as the first outside, Federal monitor of the troubled public housing authority.
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