Port Authority assumes control of Sept. 11 memorial
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey takes over construction of the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center site, aiming to trim costs. If the price exceeds 510 million, the authority may back out. The move consolidates ownership to reduce duplications and involve fewer parties, replacing the memorial foundation in charge of design and fundraising.
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Port Authority of
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Memorial Foundation
George Pataki
Michael Bloomberg
Trade Center
New Orleans residents protest housing plan
Before Katrina New Orleans public housing housed 5100 families, mostly Black led by women. HUD plans to demolish four flooded projects and rebuild as mixed income units over three years, prompting lawsuits and marches from residents fearing displacement and discrimination. Critics argue the plan aids developers while the poor lack housing options.
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Cherlynn Gaynor
Texas
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Orlando Cabrera
Cabrera
Loyola University Law
Bill Quigley
Quigley
Diplomats who ignore U S parking tickets linked to image and corruption
A Columbia and UC Berkeley study of tens of thousands of unpaid New York parking tickets shows diplomats from countries with negative views of the United States and higher corruption histories are likelier to dodge fines. Kuwait Egypt Chad and Sudan top the unpaid-per-diplomat list. Japan Canada and the United Kingdom averaged zero.
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University of California, Berkeley
Nigeria
Kuwait
Egypt
Chad
Sudan
Japan
Canada
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