Sentences with phrase «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.

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.

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...

After a lead paint scandal at NYCHA, the City Council is moving to tighten laws that protect children from exposure to lead paint.

Another city Housing Authority bigwig, David Farber, is packing it in, the fourth since the agency's lead - paint scandal broke.

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 lead paint scandal in particular ramped up criticism of Olatoye.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.»

She has also called for a change of leadership at the New York City Housing Authority amid a lead paint scandal and for homes, as opposed to shelters, to tackle the city's homelessness crisis.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

NYCHA has been plagued with problems in recent months, most notably a lead paint scandal that's rocked the agency.

Bronx City Councilman Ritchie Torres — who lived in city public housing growing up — and David Jones, the president and CEO of the Community Service Society, talk to In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about concerns about the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)'s transparency regarding the lead paint scandal and its aftermath.

Fresh off a vacation and in the midst of a lead paint scandal, Mayor de Blasio defended plans to jet off to Iowa for a speech about his agenda next month.

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.

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.