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NYCHA Residents Testify In Court Hearing On Living Conditions
Hundreds of NYCHA residents packed into a Lower Manhattan courtroom Wednesday to testify during a hearing on the disastrous living conditions at public housing complexes across the city.
How we got the gun industry to reckon with its deadly toll
Earlier this week in the Arizona desert, the shareholders of a major American gun company took a modest step toward responsibly addressing the unacceptable levels of gun-related deaths and crime in our nation. Shareholders of Sturm, Ruger & Co. passed a resolution requiring the company to issue a report on its actions to mitigate harm associated with its products.
Comptroller Scott Stringer Calls On Department Of Education To Fix Special Education Data System
Activist groups now have the support of city Comptroller Scott Stringer in their fight for special needs children.
He spoke Sunday to a meeting of Manhattan Together to talk about the Department of Education’s Special Education Student Information System (SESIS) program, which is supposed to help special needs students but has cost the department on overtime and Medicaid reimbursements, which are supposed to be used for the services the DOE provides.
Stringer: City Should Demand Gun Manufacturers Produce Smart Guns
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Monday was urging the city to consider demanding gun manufacturers to produce more smart guns.
Stringer said that besides the federal government, the New York City is one of the largest gun buyers in the country, WCBS 880’s Peter Haskell reported. Stringer said that the city should use its economic influence to help shift the market into producing more smart guns, which is believed to a safer option for gun use.
Public Housing Residents Claim NYCHA Just Paints Over Mold Problems
It’s a cry for help from residents of New York City public housing.
Many have been complaining about mold in their city apartments for years, but charge the New York City Housing Authority never really confronts the problem.
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