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Rick Lazio: I have no objection if a local community wants to have 100 percent of the people on the board that are residents. What I…

On the recordMay 8, 1996
I have no objection if a local community wants to have 100 percent of the people on the board that are residents. What I do have an objection to is getting back to the model where again one size fits all and Washington knows best.
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Rick Lazio
New York

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Discussing the Fields amendment and local governance in housing boards.

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