Batya Ungar-Sargon, Author at City Limits

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At a weekend forum, officials of the cash-strapped housing authority convinced some resident leaders that they were making real progress on repairs. Questions remain about NYCHA’s deeper issues.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 5 minRead time

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Oct 2014

Uncategorized

The Check-In: Revisiting Sandy’s Survivors

Two years after the superstorm, we sent the reporter who covered Brooklyn’s aftermath back to talk to the same people she met when debris and doubt littered the coast.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 20 minRead time

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Sep 2013

Government Housing and Homelessness

The 2013 Primary Candidates on Affordable Housing

The hopefuls offer different menus of zoning schemes, investment plans, tax breaks and more to try to build and preserve tens of thousands of units during the next decade.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 5 minRead time

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Sep 2013

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

The 2013 Primary Candidates on Public Housing

This city in a city—the nation’s oldest and largest public housing system—faces operating shortfalls and a huge list of capital needs. How can City Hall protect this resource?

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 6 minRead time

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Apr 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Mayoral Hopefuls Asked: How to Pay for Public Housing?

At a weekend forum the Democrats running for mayor all disparaged a plan to build market-rate housing on NYCHA land.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 8 minRead time

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Apr 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Decisions New York's Next Mayor Will Face on Public Housing

Though federally funded, NYCHA is in part steered by choices at the municipal level. What public-housing policy choices will New York’s next mayor have to make?

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 16 minRead time

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Mar 2013

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Details Emerge About Plan for Private Buildings on NYCHA Land

While some agree that the plan has financial merit, others fear the social costs of mixing incomes in NYCHA neighborhoods. The authority’s chairman sees it as a win-win.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 18 minRead time

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Jan 2013

Government