New York recovers $1 6 million from contractor accused of false billing msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Allie Gold
Feb 22, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a new senior advisor that he will be calling NYC s COVID Recovery Czar .
What will this role entail? the czar will be coordinating different agencies and leaders in NYC s government to help the city come back after the pandemic. De Blasio has announced that Lorraine Grillo will take on this new position. Grillo has spent more than 20 years at the city s School Construction Authority. In my years serving New York City I ve built schools for over 80,000 students. I ve led nearly 4,000 capital improvement projects, and managed budgets totaling $28 billion. I build things, that s what I do, Grillo said.
What Is NYCHA? Your Questions Answered About New York City Public Housing
If the population were a state, it’d be as big as Wyoming, or Vermont. Figuring out how to repair the crumbling, enormous housing system has stymied leaders for years as tenants suffer.
Share this story
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library
Officially, just under 400,000 people live in New York City Housing Authority buildings. But that’s the on-the-books tally.
The total population is likely much higher: According to sanitation department figures cited by NYCHA’s federal monitor in 2019, the real number may be as high as 600,000.
New York City Will Now Have a COVID Recovery Czar iheart.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iheart.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.