Shaun Donovan
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (L) and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan (R) attend an event by US President Barack Obama announcing his nominee to head the Federal Housing Finance Authority, North Carolina Democrat Representative Mel Watt, and his nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2013.
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I serve because I grew up in New York City at a time when homelessness was exploding, when we were wondering whether American cities would survive ... I was at the 1977 World Series in the Bronx when broadcaster Howard Cosell said to the audience, 'Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.' I felt like, having witnessed that, the best way I could give back was by working in public service to try to end homelessness and bring cities back.
I serve because I grew up in New York City at a time when homelessness was exploding, when we were wondering whether American cities would survive ... I was at the 1977 World Series in the Bronx when broadcaster Howard Cosell said to the audience, 'Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.' I felt like, having witnessed that, the best way I could give back was by working in public service to try to end homelessness and bring cities back.
if you’re somebody who frankly can put up . . . with being the butt of jokes at times. . . . It really is a calling . . . government is the best place to serve.More quotes »
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Pascrell urges feds to send Paterson's housing funds to an 'alternative authority'
to some entity other than city government. In a letter to United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, Pascrell said Paterson could not afford to forfeit the funds and he acknowledged that the city had failed multiple times to from NorthJersey.com Read more »
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Federal Hurricane Sandy Relief Has Officially Begun
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the government's approval of the city's Community Development Block Grant Recovery Action Plan, which will specifically designate where these bucket loads of money will be spent. The targets from New York Magazine Read more »
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HUD Report Shows Fewer Homeless Veterans
Secretary Shaun Donovan says the fact that homelessness did not increase "even during a historic housing and economic downturn," is a positive sign. "We continue to see a stable level of homelessness across our country at a time of great stress for those at from About.com: Government Read more »
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HUD's Donovan breaks hand in bike accident
and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan won't be shooting hoops with President Barack Obama anytime soon. At a public service event in Washington Monday, Donovan's left arm was in a rather large cast and sling. "Over the weekend, he was in a biking accident," from The Politico Read more »
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Grimm: Don’t let unclaimed SBA loans cut future Sandy recovery grants
Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island, Brooklyn) is pushing fellow New Yorker and Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan not to penalize Superstorm Sandy victims for relief funds they never borrowed. After Sandy struck six months ago, residents and business owners were from New York Daily News Read more »
