After admitting it would not meet Mayor de Blasio’s pledge to fix all Hurricane Sandy-damaged homes by the end of the year, the city has now completed work on 60% of homes in the Build It Back program, new stats show.
The number, out of 5,349 construction projects, is up from 44% in October, when de Blasio confessed it would not be possible to wrap up the program by the end of the year.
Of the 8,374 homeowners still in the program, 90% have seen construction start or received a check to pay them back for work they funded themselves, in line with the lowered year-end goal that officials set in October.
The number of program participants has fallen from 8,585 since then, continuing a long decline as people drop out in frustration or are unable to meet the city’s rules and deadlines.
4 comments:
Why isn't Cuomo pushing this to completion like he did for the 2nd Av subway and the Tappan Zee bridge?
Is "Build it Back" seriously still a topic of conversation...?
Hurricane Sandy hit over 4 years ago.
Why isn't Cuomo pushing this to completion like he did for the 2nd Av subway and the Tappan Zee bridge?
Why should he step in if your community doesn't care?
where is your councilman, community board, or Queens weekly?
Look who's getting paychecks at BIB and you will understand that they can't be employed anywhere else. An absolute disgrace the unnecessary expenditures. HUD- Housing and Urban Development must investigate Build it Back.
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