WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse issued the following press release:
When high-rise elevators go down or are chronically inoperable in public housing, it makes life difficult for upper floor apartment residents with mobility issues, as well as those carrying small children or heavy groceries up multiple flights of stairs.
Today, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jack Reed (D-RI) joined Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien and residents and leadership of the Pawtucket Housing Authority (PHA) at Fogarty Manor to celebrate over $3 million in federal investments that are helping to repair and upgrade elevator infrastructure at PHA's Kennedy Manor, a 9-story housing complex on Broad Street, and Fogarty Manor, a 15-story high ...