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White House

From left to right, Secretary Ben Carson, his wife Candy and granddaughter Tesora with Vice President Pence at the secretary's swearing in.

Ben Max of Gotham Gazette and City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy resume their friendly chats about policy news in New York City with a look at action at the federal, state and local level during the past few days — from HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s plans to cut funding for NYCHA to the financial cost of Gov. Cuomo’s new 421-a and the political price of Mayor de Blasio’s homeless reset.