From PIX 11 New York:
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, a Biden appointee, visited a New York City Housing Authority development in the Bronx on Monday. It was a first for her. She said she wants to fix NYCHA with federal funding from the Build Back Better act working its way through Congress.
Th development she visited has dealt with water outages, heating issues and a lack of repairs. Fudge offered help and hope to the residents she met as she visited apartments at the Betances Houses and Patterson Houses.
“It’s a new day for HUD,” Fudge said.
Congressman Ritchie Torres, who grew up in public housing, joined Fudge on her tour. He said he’d waited his entire life for this moment.
“NYCHA is large enough to be America’s largest city and, for far too long, we have been the forgotten city of America,” he said.
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