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By Mary MinihanPOLITICIANS ARE out of touch with the public mood on the issue of gay marriage, Equality Authority chairwoman Angela Kerins has suggested.

There are persistent calls for the authority chairwoman, Shola Olatoye, to resign or be removed, though Mayor Bill de Blasio has remained supportive of her.

The current Tappan Zee Bridge handles 140,000 vehicles per day and has been labeled by the federal government as «functionally obsolete,» said state Thruway Authority Chairwoman Joanie Mahoney, the Onondaga County executive.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer and New York City Housing Authority Chairwoman Shola Olatoye announced today that an audit of the financially strapped public housing landlord found it had mismanaged and misplaced hundreds of thousands of dollars in building materials and supplies, and that NYCHA had agreed to overhaul the administration of its warehouses as a result of the study — a shakeup the Observer first reported last month.

Mayor de Blasio's office said on Monday that he was not told the New York City Housing Authority chairwoman was going to claim that her agency was in compliance on...

New York City Housing Authority Chairwoman Shola Olatoye said on Friday that the agency has been out of compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules requiring training for work involving lead paint since 2014.

Asked about the investigation on Wednesday night, during an appearance at a panel discussion at Cooper Union titled «The Next 100 Years of Affordable Housing,» the Housing Authority chairwoman and chief executive, Shola Olatoye, said she had no comment.

New York City Housing Authority chairwoman Shola Olatoye said, «It would be a major shot in the arm to the housing authority.»

While de Blasio has often openly expressed confidence in city officials under fire — including New York City Housing Authority Chairwoman Shola Olatoye, whose false certifications of lead inspections were revealed by DOI — he declined to defend Peters when asked if he'd lost faith in him.

Shola Olatoye will depart as New York City Housing Authority chairwoman after months of controversy.

New York City Housing Authority chairwoman Shola Olatoye, left, testified for five hours Tuesday at a New York City Council hearing Tuesday about her agency's many scandals, including lack of heat at many if its buildings.

Not exact matches

Embattled NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye testified before the New York City Council about the collapse of the authority's heating systems during a recent big freeze, with tenants booing and interrupting her testimony.

The list of troubles and the ensuing scrutiny only seemed to accelerate in the final months of Shola Olatoye's tenure as chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority.

In 2009, Ms. Nugent was appointed to the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) Board, and currently serves as the Vice Chairwoman.

The embattled chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority — buffeted by scandals over untested lead paint, false testimony and thousands of residents without heat in the winter cold — testified for nearly five hours before the City Council on Tuesday and did not heed calls by the chamber's leader to apologize.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Councilman Andy King and NYCHA Chairwoman and CEO Shola Olatoye, joined by state Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, lead a tour of the authority's Boston Secor Houses, as King discusses nearly $ 1.5 million in funding for projects to install security cameras and renovate the public housing development's senior center and track and field; 3475 Bivona St., the Bronx.

Ms. Cumbo told Shola Olatoye, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority, at a hearing of the council's public housing committee that residents in her district are perplexed that so many non-English speaking immigrants are moving into certain developments.

Speakers at the opening ceremony included Borough President Scott Stringer, Battery Park City Authority Chairman Bill Thompson, BPCA President Gayle Horwitz, City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, Community Board 1 Chairwoman Julie Menin and Downtown Alliance President Liz Berger.

Linda Belfer, a longtime Gateway Plaza resident and chairwoman of CB1's Battery Park City Committee, said she likes that the Authority gives the community a say in decisions about the neighborhood, like the selection of an operator for the new community center on North End Avenue.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Ethics Committee Chairwoman Caren Turner has submitted her resignation to the bistate agency following a traffic stop involving her daughter.

The chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority is preparing herself for what could be a contentious four months.

Donohue said his duties will be taken over on an interim basis by authority Vice Chairwoman Megan Daly, a former Cuomo administration official who is now director of economic development and procurement for the Port of Albany.

Shola Olatoye, the chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority, said Tuesday that she's resigning because it's the right time to go, not because of scandals over false lead - paint inspections and failing boilers or looming oversight by the state and federal government.

Assembly Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Deborah Glick called Gov. Cuomo's CUNY oversight plan «foolish» and recommended public authorities be looked at instead.

At the end of March, she blasted the mayor's timeline for fixing New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) heaters and boiler systems and former NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye's handling of the lead paint scandal.

And she has criticized de Blasio's timeline for fixing New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) heaters and boiler systems, as well as former NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye's timeline over a lead paint scandal.

Cuffy has worked for Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, who is on her way to an appointment as chairwoman of the authority.

A day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled plans for the new Penn Station, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member — Veronica Vanterpool, chairwoman of the Tristate Transportation Campaign — is raising concerns about the project's timeline and its funding.

Shola Olatoye, Mr. de Blasio's NYCHA chairwoman, thanked the mayor for also baselining the $ 70 million the authority formerly paid to the NYPD for protection into his executive budget and for eliminating NYCHA's $ 30 million annual payment in lieu of property taxes.

Mr. Torres, who chairs the public housing committee, pressed Mr. Couch and Shola Olatoye — Mayor Bill de Blasio's Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer for NYCHA — on why the infamously underfunded authority had not converted the units.

The chairwoman would not discuss whether she took any steps to implement raises, if objections were raised by Albany or whether top staff had reimbursed the authority for any enacted salary hikes.

And on Tuesday Public Advocate Letitia James demanded that the authority do the right thing, writing to NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye: «I strongly urge you to comply with the demands made by your residents and the Legal Aid Society without forcing the need for legal action.»

Shola Olatoye, the chairwoman and chief executive officer of the New York City Housing Authority under Mayor Bill de Blasio, said today that partnerships with private real estate interests may be the future for the cash - strapped agency.

She is both the county's leading advocate and the board chairwoman for the NYS Thruway Authority.

Nixon also criticized the mayor's timeline for fixing New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) heaters and boiler systems and NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye's handling of the lead paint scandal.

Shola Olatoye, Mayor Bill de Blasio's chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority, was surrounded by a crowd of frustrated tenants at the Polo Grounds Towers after announcing a new $ 4.4 million lighting system at the development.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the authority's chairwoman, Shola Olatoye, have described the lack of public notice as a regrettable oversight.

Shola Olatoye, chairwoman of the Housing Authority, is expected to testify on Tuesday at a City Council hearing looking into how and why the lead paint inspections stopped.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito brushed off calls from residents of the troubled New York City Housing Authority for Chairwoman Shola Olatoye to resign her post over delayed repairs — and credited the de Blasio appointee with «great ideas» about how to revitalize the strapped organization.

Two weeks ago, after months of criticism over her handling of lead - paint inspection and widespread boiler failures, the chairwoman of the authority, Shola Olatoye, said she was stepping down.

Shola Olatoye, standing, appeared at a news conference on Tuesday in Far Rockaway, Queens, and spoke about stepping down as the chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority.

Shola Olatoye, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority, told the City Council today her agency — on orders from the de Blasio administration — would not set aside more than 1,250 units for the city's mushrooming indigent population.

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Sheikha al Mayassa Hamad bin Khalifa alThani, chairwoman of the Qatar Museums Authority has commissioned British artist Damien Hirst to create a fourteen piece public artwork outlining a fetus's journey from conception to birth.

But Pelham Holdings, the agent for the Qatari family, run by Guy Bennett, maintained in its own court documents that it had secured an agreement with Ms. Widmaier - Picasso to buy the work in November 2014 for 38 million euros, or about $ 42 million, on behalf of Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulaziz al - Thani, who is married to Sheikha al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al - Thani, chairwoman of the Qatar Museums Authority.

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