Governor Kathy Hochul announced a total of 350,000 housing units statewide have been built, preserved or are under construction since she took office in 2021. Governor Hochul made the announcement while touring a new affordable housing unit in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood, where nearly 8,500 homes were saved by the Governor’s landmark housing deal in last year’s budget that included an extension of the 421-a completion deadline. Already more than 3,200 units in Gowanus are in construction or complete this year and in total, 71,000 homes citywide – of which 21,000 are affordable homes previously at risk – were rescued by this action.
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‘Boot-edge-edge!’ Trump scolds Sean Duffy for correctly pronouncing ‘Buttigieg’
President Donald Trump playfully scolded Sean Duffy for mispronouncing "Buttigieg" during a White House press conference on Wednesday.
Duffy, Secretary of Transportation and acting administrator for NASA, was commenting on an announcement that the Trump administration is slashing fuel economy standards put in place by former President Joe Biden. The move is aimed at making it easier for automakers to sell gasoline-powered vehicles.
"Congress set a rule that says you have to look at combustion engines. Biden and Buttigieg actually did an analysis..." Duffy said, before Trump interjected to correct his pronunciation of Buttigieg, the last name of Pete Buttigieg, former Secretary of Transportation.
"Boot edge edge!" Trump exclaimed, correcting Duffy.
Laughter broke out among the lawmakers surrounding Trump and the press.
"Edge. Edge. I'm sorry," Duffy said.
