While the number of full - time
employees at HUD declined under his
watch, Mr. Cuomo also added hundreds of high - paid positions as part of his «Community Builders» program, which came under withering criticism from HUD's veteran field staffs,
federal auditors, and Republican lawmakers in Washington.
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer wants
federal officials to move faster to require mass transit
employees nationwide be screened through
federal terrorism
watch lists.