NYCHA's 'Laundry List' of Non-Compliance

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 31, 2018

Greg Smith, reporter for the New York Daily News who's been covering public housing in New York since 2012, discusses the list of federal regulations NYCHA may not be complying with.

.@NYDNGregSmith explains that laundry list of NYCHA non-compliance includes vague language like 'bid procurement specs' and 'tenant protection'
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 31, 2018

.@NYDNGregSmith: There was a systemic effort to deal with crazy number (420,000 at beginning of 2013) of work tickets: Bloomberg decided to eliminate backlog by closing ticket if tenant not home & top NYCHA people *encouraged* showing up at times tenant likely not home
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 31, 2018

During Obama administration, money going from HUD to NYCHA went down year after year. But bizarrely, says @NYDNGregSmith, this round, Ben Carson wanted to cut it, but Congress reacted by putting more money in
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 31, 2018

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