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Olatoye says a federal monitor could be a 'sword and shield' for NYCHA.
The NYCHA chairwoman says she’d welcome a federal monitor to oversee the agency. But she also feels it’s time for New York to take a hard look at public housing and decide “what kind of city we want to be.”
Mandated to build a huge tank to hold untreated sewage, and faced with a choice between tearing up a park or displacing nearly two dozen businesses to clear space it, the city has chosen the latter.
Whatever role he plays on the national stage, de Blasio will be part of the struggle for the soul of the Democratic party, writes the mayor’s biographer.
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