03/02/2025
https://www.nbcnews.com...
"I am a strong supporter of the CDBG program and the flexibility it provides to State and local governments."
"It saddens me that after 50 years of Puerto Rican congressional representation... the 15th Congressional District in the Bronx remains the poorest district of all the 50 states."
"Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rico are just any other group of Americans. They deny that Puerto Rico is a nation, that Puerto Ricans are a people."
"Housing quality matters as much as housing affordability, and the CDBG program has been an indispensable safeguard of housing quality in America's largest city."