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Bronx Borough President Puts Heat on Troubled NYC Housing Authority

Ruben Diaz Jr. says if the NYCHA does not improve in ensuring the safety of its 400,000 residents, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should intervene.

By John Jordan | Updated on February 26, 2018
Ruben Diaz Jr. Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Borough president

NEW YORK CITY—In his annual State of the Borough address last week, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. highlighted the economic and quality of life successes in the Bronx, but singled out the New York City Housing Authority, which he said is “facing a crisis of confidence.”

In his ninth annual State of the Borough address last Thursday at the Bronx High School of Science, Diaz said that since 2009 when he first took office, the Bronx has seen its employment cut by more than half down to 5.5% and approximately 110,000 more jobs for Bronx residents. In addition, a total of more than 21,000 new affordable housing units have been constructed in those nine years.

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