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Saying the Atlantic City Housing Authority has "lost the trust of the residents it was created to serve," U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., urged the new acting secretary of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to take over the authority Thursday morning.
The executive director and purchasing agent for the Atlantic City Housing Authority need to be held accountable for ongoing problems providing safe and decent living conditions to tenants, City Council Vice President Kaleem Shabazz said Wednesday.
The board of the Atlantic City Housing Authority voted to make Thomas Sahlin the executive director at Thursday s meeting, and gave a new contract to former interim Executive Director John Clarke to handle redevelopment projects.
Does an angry verbal outburst constitute an official resignation from the Atlantic City Housing Authority, or is public housing tenant Charmaine Hall still a member of the authority s Board of Commissioners? That is the question City Council instructed its attorney, Robert Tarver, to research and answer after discussing the matter in executive session at its meeting Wednesday night.