Sentences with phrase «lead paint scandal»

When asked whether she holds de Blasio responsible given a lead paint scandal under NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye and 323,000 public housing residents being deprived of heat and hot water during the winter, she said everyone is responsible.

The candidates fielded questions about police reform, public housing, the New York City Housing Authority lead paint scandal, and increasing the number of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses and enterprises.

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.

NYCHA has recently been plagued by a lead paint scandal, as well as problems with heating systems and boilers that left public housing residents without heat or hot water on some of the coldest days of the winter.

City Council Speaker candidates slammed the Housing Authority and its head Shola Olatoye Tuesday night over its lead paint scandal with two calling on the city's Housing Preservation and Development Department to start overseeing the agency the way it does private landlords.

Those include a lead paint scandal at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the city's involvement in a discussion about whether to lift a deed restriction on a nonprofit AIDS hospice, the Administration for Children's Services» (ACS) mishandling child neglect cases, and former Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Joseph Ponte and other agency brass using city vehicles for personal trips.

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.

The hearing — which will be co-chaired by Ampry - Samuel and Councilman Ritchie Torres, who heads a new investigations committee — comes as NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye is under fire for not only the heating woes, but a lead paint scandal that has led to the departure of many of her deputies.

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.

Speaker candidates slammed the Housing Authority and its head Shola Olatoye over its lead paint scandal with two calling on the city's Housing Preservation and Development Department to start overseeing the agency the way it does private landlords.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday replaced the No. 2 official at the New York City Housing Authority, who was implicated in the lead paint scandal.

The steps were taken to address recent problems plaguing the public housing system, including a lead paint scandal and problems with boilers and heating systems that left 300,000 people without heat and hot water during the winter.

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Examples from the last few years include the subprime mortgage crisis; the failure of the Peanut Corporation of America; the 2007 pet food scandal; lead paint on children's toys in 2007; melamine - laced Chinese milk products; contaminants in the drug Heparin; and dioxin - contaminated Irish pork.

And when Housing Authority chair Shola Olatoye was facing calls to resign over a lead - paint scandal, de Blasio said, «I continue to have great faith in her.»

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.

Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted Monday that he should have revealed the Housing Authority's lead - paint scandal when he learned about it last year — and...

The city Housing Authority's widening lead - paint scandal could cost taxpayers more than $ 100 million, leading personal - injury lawyers told The Post on Friday.

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.

The Trump administration is curbing New York City's ability to spend money on major repairs to its public housing stock in its first major response to deteriorating conditions in the city's public housing and a scandal over false paperwork the city submitted about lead paint inspections.

The NYC Housing Authority's widening lead - paint scandal could cost taxpayers more than $ 100 million, leading personal - injury lawyers told The NY Post.

Cuomo has been railing in recent weeks against NYCHA's mounting woes under de Blasio's leadership, including defective boilers that kept residents shivering through winter, mold and a scandal over false claims of lead - paint inspections.

He also took a clear shot at his political nemesis, Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has refused calls to fire NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye over scandals including falsified lead - paint inspections, broken boilers and rampant drug dealing.

Shola Olatoye, the chair and CEO of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), talks to In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the housing authority not conducting lead paint inspections for years, and the scandal over Olatoye falsely submitting paperwork that NYCHA had conducted inspections.

Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted Monday that he should have revealed the Housing Authority's lead - paint scandal when he learned about it last year — and said at least two kids...

In response to the devolving condition of New York's public housing and the recent lead paint inspection scandal, the federal government is taking a firm stance.