Batya Ungar-Sargon, Author at City Limits

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The former NYCHA chairman was vilified for his plan to develop housing-authority land. Now that the de Blasio administration has issued its own infill plan, is it time for another…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 34 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Resident Leaders Oust Longtime Chief

The move comes at a critical time for the country’s largest and oldest public housing authority.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 2 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Uncategorized

NYCHA Targets Mixed-Income Development

City Limits’ exclusive interview with the authority’s chairwoman

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 6 minRead time

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

Tenant Leaders Dispute Their Role in Shaping NYCHA Development Plans

NYCHA says an extensive visioning process among residents shaped a plan to build new housing developments in the Bronx and Brooklyn. But Tenant Association leaders feel their communities’ feelings weren’t…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 13 minRead time

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Calls for NYCHA Head’s Ouster Say de Blasio is to Blame

A group of NYCHA residents and advocates say the mayor has been slow to address NYCHA’s problems and want the authority’s chairwoman ousted so the mayor can run the authority…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 9 minRead time

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

NYCHA Questioned on Policy of Banning Arrested Residents

From 2007 through 2014, nearly 5,000 people were “permanently excluded” from NYCHA because of an arrest—not necessarily a conviction—on or near NYCHA property.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 33 minRead time

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

De Blasio Administration Seeks to Develop NYCHA Land

Facing a growing fiscal crisis and crumbling infrastructure, City Hall has called for building affordable housing—and, in some cases, market-rate apartments—on Housing Authority land as part of a broad strategy…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 11 minRead time

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

Tenants’ Voice Lacks Power as NYCHA Faces Crucial Chapter

The Housing Authority’s Tenant Associations are supposed to rally residents to fight for their interests. But while some leaders (like Jonathan Gardenhire, above, the vice president of Smith Houses’ TA)…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 38 minRead time

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Foresees $400M Deficit in a Decade

The housing authority ranks buildings’ repair needs on a scale of 1 to 5. Five is the worst—and it applies to fully a quarter of NYCHA’s buildings.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 5 minRead time

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenants: De Blasio Needs Bigger NYCHA Role

When NYCHA’s chair met with residents there were questions about failing radiators, missing kitchen sinks … and whether, a year into his administration, Mayor de Blasio is accountable for NYCHA’s…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 7 minRead time

Batya Ungar-Sargon

Does NYCHA’s Development Plan Vindicate John Rhea?

NYCHA Resident Leaders Oust Longtime Chief

NYCHA Targets Mixed-Income Development

Tenant Leaders Dispute Their Role in Shaping NYCHA Development Plans

Calls for NYCHA Head’s Ouster Say de Blasio is to Blame

NYCHA Questioned on Policy of Banning Arrested Residents

De Blasio Administration Seeks to Develop NYCHA Land

Tenants’ Voice Lacks Power as NYCHA Faces Crucial Chapter

NYCHA Foresees $400M Deficit in a Decade

Tenants: De Blasio Needs Bigger NYCHA Role

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