Former Staten Island state senator to be part of NYC group focused on fair housing

New York’s Staten Island. Diane Savino, a former state senator from the North Shore, was named on Thursday to serve on Mayor Eric Adams’ new Charter Revision Commission. Fair housing in the five boroughs will be its main aim.

The 13-member group will examine the city’s governing instrument, the City Charter, in its entirety, but it will pay particular attention to strategies for addressing the housing problem in the five boroughs.

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