NYCHA’s new strategy to pay for repairs at 110,000 public housing units prioritizes finances and not tenants’ best interests, Justice For All Coalition member Kristen Hackett argues.
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Kristen Hackett is an activist, scholar, and educator working towards decolonized, anti-racist, and just urban futures in New York City. She is an executive committee member of the Justice For All Coalition (JFAC), a volunteer-based community group whose roots, base and leadership are in the public housing communities of Western Queens. At The Graduate Center, CUNY, she is a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Psychology Program, a fellow with the GC Digital Initiatives (GCDI), and a coordinator with OpenCUNY. She is also an adjunct in the Urban Studies Department at Queens College. More info at https://kristenhackett.info.