By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
President Barack Obama, like most elected officials, relishes having his photo taken with military veterans and regularly pays homage to their service.
Now Obama, or somebody at the White House, should pick up the phone, get Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro on the line, and do something real for 30 formerly homeless veterans and their families on Long Island.
The federal assistance the veterans need for apartments in North Amityville has been denied in the sort of mindless process-over-people decision that gives government bureaucracies a bad name. Obama should see to it that the decision is reversed.
The veterans lived in cars and shelters until last fall, when they moved into Liberty Village, a 60-unit complex of housing for veterans.
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