Bugger off, it’s a local matter.
Via NY Post:
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday demanded the federal government pony up $1.2 billion in funds right away for public housing that the city’s long-troubled Housing Authority would be able to tap into.
“However you want to put it, NYCHA we all know is in need of help now. This is a now or never moment,” the New York Democrat said outside the Alfred E. Smith Houses on the Lower East Side.
“We can turn the corner now and get the residences fixed up or we can let this amazing group of housing, which houses over 400,000 people, go down the drain and deteriorate … That’s the turning point we are at right now,” he continued.
Schumer’s office appealed to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to ask for the funds be allocated to a national housing account that NYCHA could access.
“If Carson and the administration agree with the request and insert the appropriation in the fiscal year 2020 budget, NYCHA would be able to access those dollars for long-delayed capital improvements,” said spokesman Angelo Roefaro.