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He asked that the court include specific procedures for the county to follow in the future when it objects to any request for information. The government's legal memo says, "The county's consistent failure to comply with the monitor's requests for information is ... preventing the parties from reaching the ultimate goal of the settlement
-- the development of fair and affordable housing." Ned McCormack, a spokesman for County Executive Rob Astorino, said he was "surprised to the point of being flabbergasted" when the motion was filed. He blamed the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a key party to the settlement, which has echoed many of the monitor's concerns. "To go to court on something like this is another example of HUD trying to bully the county," McCormack said. "We're building the housing. It's hard to see what purpose is served by going to court."
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