HUD’s Lynne Patton says she will move into Grant projects to protest heating outages (New York: appointed)

[HellUpInHarlem]

Lynne Patton, the top bureaucrat at the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the New York region, said on Wednesday she plans to move into a NYCHA high-rise in Harlem to protest heat and hot water outages throughout New York City public housing. President Trump, who appointed Patton in 2017, has proposed eliminating all federal funding of capital repairs at public housing projects nationally, as they face a $40 billion backlog.

The news was first reported by PIX 11.

In a comment on Twitter, Patton wrote, “Basic human conditions are non-negotiable. @HUDgov HQ knows that I feel very strongly that if they don’t have them, neither should I.”

The 1,940-unit Grant Houses development at 123rd Street lost heat and hot water for more than 24 hours over the Thanksgiving holiday. News of frigid conditions at the complex, which holds more than 4,000 people, came as NYCHA reels from the fall out from its ongoing lead paint contamination scandal and its overall capital funding needs are estimated to total some $25 billion.

It was not immediately clear how Patton, who makes an annual government salary of $161,900, would qualify for an apartment at the Grant Houses or whether it would be provided to her by NYCHA.

In a statement, a representative for Patton told The Real Deal that “Patton would move in with a Grant Houses family already identified by Citywide Council of Presidents’ Danny Barber if HUD, SDNY, the City and State of New York do not come together to commit to a real plan, real resources, and real leadership here on the ground by Judge William Pauley’s deadline December 14.”

A representative for NYCHA declined to comment.


https://therealdeal.com/2018/11/28/h...ating-outages/

this might get good. i’m here for it

[Mr.Retired]

Originally Posted by HellUpInHarlem

Lynne Patton, the top bureaucrat at the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the New York region, said on Wednesday she plans to move into a NYCHA high-rise in Harlem to protest heat and hot water outages throughout New York City public housing. President Trump, who appointed Patton in 2017, has proposed eliminating all federal funding of capital repairs at public housing projects nationally, as they face a $40 billion backlog.

The news was first reported by PIX 11.

In a comment on Twitter, Patton wrote, “Basic human conditions are non-negotiable. @HUDgov HQ knows that I feel very strongly that if they don’t have them, neither should I.”

The 1,940-unit Grant Houses development at 123rd Street lost heat and hot water for more than 24 hours over the Thanksgiving holiday. News of frigid conditions at the complex, which holds more than 4,000 people, came as NYCHA reels from the fall out from its ongoing lead paint contamination scandal and its overall capital funding needs are estimated to total some $25 billion.

It was not immediately clear how Patton, who makes an annual government salary of $161,900, would qualify for an apartment at the Grant Houses or whether it would be provided to her by NYCHA.

In a statement, a representative for Patton told The Real Deal that “Patton would move in with a Grant Houses family already identified by Citywide Council of Presidents’ Danny Barber if HUD, SDNY, the City and State of New York do not come together to commit to a real plan, real resources, and real leadership here on the ground by Judge William Pauley’s deadline December 14.”

A representative for NYCHA declined to comment.


https://therealdeal.com/2018/11/28/h...ating-outages/

this might get good. i’m here for it

Are the cameras rolling? Political stunt................
Tell him to get in back of the line and wait like everybody else.

[HellUpInHarlem]

Originally Posted by Mr.Retired

Are the cameras rolling? Political stunt................
Tell him to get in back of the line and wait like everybody else.

I remember when politicians lived in NYCHA for like a day and they made a big kerfuffle out of it. In fact, there was a murder. Still nothing happened.

[DewDrop149]

It’s not like she’s moving into Cabrini Green in the 1980s. Grant is not a broken down hell hole. There are regular ppl doing regular things and I’m sure nycha will make sure the heat and hot water is working now since they know she’s coming. I’m sure the most eventful thing that will happen is that she’ll see a few roaches saying Gm to her but that’s normal for nyc.

[Javawood]

My dad remembers what a joke that stunt was with Cabrini Greene, he lived within walking distance to that project. I have little faith this will work. Some people just aren't used to living in that sort of environment, and really shame on our entities in America for letting our country's infrastructure fall into the compost heap. All politicians are crooks, every single last one of them. "$40 billion" that I'm sure they figured out 'how' to pay vs 'why' it's $40 billion. What a joke.

Here's my $10 in assuming the projects will always be in the sorry state they are in my lifetime.