Article: HUD Headquarters Relocates to Los Angeles for a Day as Cuomo Announces Crime-Fighting Program and Other Aid

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Secretary Andrew Cuomo and top aides relocated U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) headquarters to Los Angeles for a day today "to strengthen HUD's successful partnership with Los Angeles" and to announce $5.7 million in assistance -- including $1 million in new crime-fighting grants for Los Angeles and nearby Compton.

Cuomo said $750,000 in Safe Neighborhood Grants for Los Angeles and $250,000 for Compton are part of a campaign to reduce violence, illegal drug activity and other crime in and around public housing and other HUD-assisted affordable housing developments. He also announced that nearly $1.2 million in additional ...

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