Donna Edna Shalala is an American politician and academic who served in the Carter and Clinton administrations,as well as in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. Shalala is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom,which she was awarded in 2008,and,on August 16,2023,assumed the role of Interim President of The New School,a university in New York City.
The Hatch Act of 1939,An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities,is a United States federal law. Its main provision prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government,except the president and vice president,from engaging in some forms of political activity. It became law on August 2,1939. The law was named for Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico. It was most recently amended in 2012.
The United States Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is a permanent independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose basic legislative authority comes from four federal statutes:the Civil Service Reform Act,the Whistleblower Protection Act,the Hatch Act,and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). OSC's primary mission is the safeguarding of the merit system in federal employment by protecting employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices (PPPs),especially reprisal for "whistleblowing." The agency also operates a secure channel for federal whistleblower disclosures of violations of law,rule,or regulation;gross mismanagement;gross waste of funds;abuse of authority;and substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. In addition,OSC issues advice on the Hatch Act and enforces its restrictions on partisan political activity by government employees. Finally,OSC protects the civilian employment and reemployment rights of military service members under USERRA. OSC has around 140 staff,and the Special Counsel is an ex officio member of Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE),an association of inspectors general charged with the regulation of good governance within the federal government.
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City,and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in the United States,it aims to provide decent,affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs of New York City. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. NYCHA developments include single and double family houses,apartment units,singular floors,and shared small building units,and commonly have large income disparities with their respective surrounding neighborhood or community. These developments,particularly those including large-scale apartment buildings,are often referred to in popular culture as "projects."
Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway is an American political consultant and pollster,who served as Senior Counselor to the President in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2020. She was previously Trump's campaign manager,having been appointed in August 2016;Conway is the first woman to have run a successful U.S. presidential campaign. She has previously held roles as campaign manager and strategist in the Republican Party,and was formerly president and CEO of the Polling Company/WomanTrend.
The Prospect Plaza Houses was a 4.53-acre (18,300 m2) complex owned by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the Ocean Hill section of Brooklyn and was bordered by St. Marks and Sterling Place,Howard and Saratoga Avenues. It was the first NYCHA development to be completely demolished.
Marcia Louise Fudge is an American attorney and politician serving as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district from 2008 to 2021. The district includes most of the black-majority precincts between Cleveland and Akron.
Michael P. Kelly is an architect and urban planner who has led the public housing authorities of several large U.S. cities,and is a leading advocate for public policy that promotes affordable housing in the country.
The John Haynes Holmes Towers is a public housing project for low income residents of the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side located just south of the neighborhood's northern limit at 96th Street,in New York City,New York,United States. The neighboring Isaacs Houses and the Holmes Towers border East Harlem,which has the second highest concentration of public housing in the United States. The two public housing buildings,designed by Architects Eggers and Higgins,were completed in 1969,are 25 stories tall and contain 537 apartments. The project is located between 92nd and 93rd Streets from 1st Avenue to York Avenue and the FDR Drive.
Bernard M. Baruch Houses,or Baruch Houses,is a public housing development built by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Baruch Houses is bounded by Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive to the east,E. Houston Street to the north,Columbia Street to the west,and Delancey Street to the south. The complex,the largest NYCHA development in Manhattan,occupies 27.64 acres (111,900 m2),of which buildings cover 13.4%,a percentage similar to that of most "tower in the park" project designs. It has 2,194 apartments,which house an estimated 5,397 people. These apartments are distributed throughout 17 buildings. Baruch Houses I is seven stories tall,Baruch Houses XI,XIII,and XV are thirteen stories tall,and the rest are fourteen stories tall. Combined,these buildings have 2.9 million square feet (270,000 m2).
Pamela Hughes Patenaude is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,having served from September 2017 to January 2019,under President Donald Trump.
Daniel Scavino Jr. is an American political adviser who served in the Trump administration as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications from 2020 to 2021,and Director of Social Media from 2017 to 2021. Scavino previously was the general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester,and the director of social media for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
Karine Jean-Pierre is an American political advisor who has served as the White House press secretary since May 13,2022. She is the first black person and the first openly LGBT person to serve in the position. Previously,she served as the deputy press secretary to her predecessor Jen Psaki from 2021 to 2022 and as the chief of staff for U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris during the 2020 presidential campaign.
Suzanne Israel Tufts is an American consultant and attorney. She is a former Assistant Secretary of Administration at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),having resigned in October 2018.
The 2020 Republican National Convention in which delegates of the United States Republican Party selected the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 United States presidential election,was held from August 24 to 27,2020.
James Walden is an American lawyer. After serving in the U.S Department of Justice as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1993 to 2002,he entered private practice where he was involved in several prominent white-collar and antitrust cases in addition to a series of cases seeking governmental reform. He represents Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov,the former head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory. At one time Walden represented former UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor in McGregor's pending court case for felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor assault in Brooklyn,NY. Walden has represented plaintiffs in class action lawsuits suits against the New York City Department of Education and the New York City Housing Authority. He served as Special Counsel to a task force created by the Governor of New Jersey to investigate the administration of the state's tax incentive programs.
On February 27,2018,it was reported that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development had spent $31,561 on a set of dining room furniture for the office of HUD secretary Ben Carson in late 2017,in apparent violation of federal law requiring Congressional approval for department head office redecoration costs exceeding $5,000. Emails released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) contradicted initial agency statements that the Secretary was uninvolved in the purchase decision,which took place amid extensive proposed budget cuts at that agency,affecting programs benefiting the poor and elderly. Media coverage of the purchase led to its cancellation. Inquiries into the propriety of the purchase were made by the Office of Special Counsel and House Oversight Committee.
Oyeshola "Shola" Olatoye (o-LAH-twoh-yay) was the 22nd Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) before resigning due to a lead-paint poisoning and lack-of-heat scandals.
Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 24th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,she was mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017. She was an official in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration.
The Louis Heaton Pink Houses or Pink Houses are a housing project in New York City that were established in the East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1959. It consists of 22 eight-storey buildings with 1,500 apartment units over a 31.1-acre expanse,bordered by Crescent Street,Linden Boulevard,Elderts Lane and Stanley Avenue. It is owned and managed by New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
