Cynthia Nixon says public housing conditions 'devastating'

NEW YORK (AP) — “Sex and the City” star and governor's race candidate Cynthia Nixon visited a housing complex on Wednesday and said the conditions she saw were “devastating,” in some cases resulting in death. Some residents hold umbrellas while using toilets under leaky ceilings. Moldy
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Bank of America is about to launch its new virtual assistant. Like most other AI-powered bots, the program will use natural language processing so that the bank's customers can ask it to perform tasks. The new app is called “Erica,” and will be there for all your banking needs–another gendered,
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A good example of such an application would be Zillow, the largest real estate portal in the US. It provides a “Zestimate” or a valuation for the property the user is querying about, as well as a forecast of property value trends of up to a year. These features provide users with more visibility and support
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On Monday, Feinerman ruled that Cook County may pursue federal Fair Housing Act claims against Wells Fargo, to the extent the bank's alleged “equity stripping” practices raised the cost of administering and processing a higher number of foreclosures but he dismissed the county's claims alleging
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Local real estate professional Molly Hruska was recently recognized by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate and the … Hruska, a full-time broker since 1990, is a Certified Residential Specialist, holds the Graduate Realtor Institute designation, and is a past Columbia County
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An affordable-housing group released a report saying the proliferation of Airbnbs is contributing to rising housing prices. … —Breonne DeDecker, Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative “Short-term rentals are removing rental housing from a market that is already in crisis,” said Jane Place
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U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin walks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland in August 2017. Joshua Roberts — Reuters. By Bloomberg. 6:38 PM EDT. (Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he will replace Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with Rear Admiral
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Apple CEO Tim Cook had harsh words for Facebook and the recent uproar over how the social network handled user data. Cook said Wednesday in an interview with tech news site Recode and MSNBC that Apple is “not going to traffic in your personal life,” a dig at rival companies that collect and share
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Real estate services company Redfin Corp. employs more than 1,000 real estate agents in 80 markets. Unlike traditional firms that rely on commission-based agents, Redfin hires them so they can focus on serving their customers' interests rather than just closing deals, Chief Executive Officer Glenn
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As with so much news-flow relating to data over the past two years, there's an overwhelming sense that the barn door is casually being closed long after the horse has bolted. 1. Admittedly, Facebook would only have been forced to implement the new GDPR measures in Europe. But it would have been
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Eric Ray, Radian's senior executive vice president of technology and transaction services, will be responsible for the strategic direction and leadership for the company's title and settlement services businesses, the company said in a release. “We are delighted to welcome Entitle to the Radian family of
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According to a study by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association, housing equity for homeowners aged 62 and older increased by $149 billion between Q3 2017 and Q4 2017, hitting a massive total of $6.6 trillion. The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association revealed that figure in
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At a price of $500 each, this promotion generated $10 million for The Boring Company. Two promotions, $11 million. Did you think that Musk would stop there? If you assumed this, we wouldn't blame you. After all, these promotions were probably already enough to earn him the title of World Promo
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She was previously chief privacy officer and vice president with title insurance company TitlePLUS. She joined LAWPRO in the 1990s with a mandate to develop and build a lawyer-centric title insurance option and related technology tools for Ontario's real estate bar. Since Waters became president and
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And third, has the company extended its commitment beyond West Africa to protect forests all over the world, refusing to buy deforestation cocoa no matter where it's from? For each of these questions, chocolate companies, retailers and cocoa suppliers were given a green “good egg” for leadership,
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The pits can be dangerous and in 2016, Amnesty International found children involved in sorting, washing, crushing and carrying cobalt. Since then, major buyers have sought to avoid the informal mines, opting for international companies that run industrial operations, such as Glencore. Some, like
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In this article, I will take a quick look at VivoPower International PLC's (NASDAQ:VVPR) recent ownership structure – an unconventional investing subject, but an important one. The impact of a company's ownership structure affects both its short- and long-term performance. Different types of investors
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But the sector soon took a downturn after Axios reported that President Donald Trump is said to be looking at whether to go after Amazon.com Inc. with antitrust or competition law. Amazon fell as much as 6.2 percent, its worst day in more than six weeks. Other megacap peers including Apple Inc. and
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GUEST: Varun Sivaram Philip D. Reed Fellow for Science and Technology Council on Foreign Relations Discussing his book “Taming The Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet.” It's a look at how solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative
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