Sharpton may protest Astorino's office due to housing issues
JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press
WHITE PLAINS >> Republican candidate Rob Astorino’s campaign for governor may soon be dogged with protests about his housing desegregation dispute with the federal government.
The civil rights activist, the Rev. Al Sharpton, said Thursday that unless Astorino, the Westchester county executive, quickly complies with federal demands, “We will accompany him all over the state ... to remind him that his commitment is to live up to what the agreement is.”
Sharpton held a news conference on a sidewalk outside Astorino’s office one day after the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced plans to withhold an additional $5.2 million from the county. It has already reallocated $7.4 million that would have gone to various projects in the county.
HUD and the Department of Justice say Westchester has not complied with the terms of a 2009 agreement that settled a housing desegregation lawsuit.
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