Residents of a massive federal housing project in Mott Haven will finally have a new landlord–themselves–after winning federal approval for what’s likely the biggest tenant takeover of a housing project ever in the United States.
Turns out City Hall’s bark is much worse than its bite. Despite months of Doomsday predictions, the city budget agreement reached last week ended up relatively pain-free, as most threatened programs were saved.
2002 was supposed to be the year in which lots of good stuff got done in Albany. Maybe next year.
Big prizes and prestigious honors: City Limits toots its own horn.
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