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Just 10 days ago, a large group of smart state lawmakers including Sens. Brian Kavanagh and Liz Krueger introduced legislation intended to actually help save the crumbling New York City Housing Authority, its 175,000 apartments and 400,000 tenants. The measure was a welcome step that set the sponsors apart from New York politicians who love bemoaning the sad state of affairs at NYCHA but won’t risk one cent of political capital to actually try fixing its problems, including its broken management culture, byzantine bureaucracy and more than $40 billion in unfunded capital needs.
/PRNewswire/ On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp., in collaboration with corporate, learning and community partners, announced the launch of Accelerate: New York..