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On the recordApril 29, 2019
Well, for more than 2 decades, the Federal Government neglected to make the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA's) developments--they failed to invest in them for more than 400,000 New Yorkers.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights federal neglect of NYCHA over two decades.

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