The country's largest
public housing agency says it's made major progress responding to residents» requests for repairs.
Not exact matches
USA Today's Donovan Slack reports: «John Ullyot, the VA's assistant secretary for
public affairs, asked a senior aide at the
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to persuade lawmakers to call the White
House and
say they wanted Shulkin out... The move was unsuccessful — but audacious since Ullyot is the secretary's highest ranking aide tasked with publicly defending him and the
agency.
«Noting the fact that the Sexual Orientation Regulations are being voted on in the
House of Commons today,»
said the Cardinal, «I again express our concern at their impact, not only on adoption services, but on cooperation between faith - based voluntary
agencies and
public authorities in
public funded services....
«The situation we have seen is as upsetting and disturbing as anything I have seen anywhere, and I've been through
public housing all across the country,»
said Cuomo, who previously worked for the federal
agency overseeing
public housing.
The mayor
said he is not well - versed yet on the governor's plan but cautioned that the process, which limits his control over an
agency in his purview, could slow progress for some 400,000 tenants who live in
public housing.
NYCHA released a statement
saying the
agency «has had a comprehensive strategy in place to improve security in our
public housing communities since the beginning of the year.
«The audit has no findings related to current business practices and finances and uses outdated facts and alarmist, unrealistic figures, instead of setting out constructive ways
public housing can be preserved and maintained for generations to come,» an
agency spokesperson
said.
«NYCHA is committed to providing safe, clean, and connected communities for everyone who lives in
public housing,»
said Jasmine Blake, the
agency's deputy chief communications officer.
The federal
agency that oversees
public housing and urban renewal
says there was simply too much demand from local governments to give them all money to inspect homes and remove lead paint, including Syracuse.
These functions include a variety of activities which assist both governmental
agencies and the general
public, such as: (1) Review and approve and sign street acquisition and damage maps for Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); (2) Review and approve street alteration maps; (3) Review and ensure the maintenance of survey monument information; (4) Review and ensure maintenance of street grade and elevation data for the Borough; (5) Issuance of street
house numbers and the management of the topographical record room; (6) Present new revenue stream ideas and develop the fee structure for topography services and a system to collect, maintain and reconcile
said fees; and (7) Work with the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller's Office and other Borough President's Offices to ensure that the fee structure and collection system is compatible and appropriate.
Brown
said public housing and low - income residents will have input, as well as local lawmakers and
agencies.
See: EPA
Says Global Warming a
Public Danger http://www.truthout.org/032409O «The White House is reviewing a proposed finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that global warming is a threat to public health and we
Public Danger http://www.truthout.org/032409O «The White
House is reviewing a proposed finding by the Environmental Protection
Agency that global warming is a threat to
public health and we
public health and welfare.
The remarks put Perry at odds with Environmental Protection
Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and White
House chief political strategist Steve Bannon but in the same camp as Trump son - in - law Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, along with a group of 15 state attorneys general who
say fighting pollution is a
public health matter.
Further on this «just
say no to open access,» it needs to be recognized that this greater
public access is happening on a number of fronts, not least of which is the Canadian Tri-Council research funding
agencies declaring a common OA policy for 2014, as well as the recent White
House initiative intended to see all federally funded research (following on the NIH requirement dating back to 2008) requiring «
public access» of the final, peer - reviewed draft, within twelve months of publication.
Citing laws requiring such things as real property disclosure,
agency disclosures, additional education for REALTORS ®, and fair
housing, Mercurio
says the legislation the group has helped promote is «good for industry, but it benefits the
public, too.»
The stores, the city argues, have become a
public nuisance, drawing too many police calls, litter and loitering,
says the city's
Housing and Redevelopment
Agency.