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Maria Guzman, 71, said she couldn’t believe that a man who helped her garden for a few minutes one afternoon would, within weeks, donate millions of dollars to redesign 33,000…

BySunny Nagpaul 15 minRead time

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Sep 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Profiles

Q&A: Brian Romero Brings a NYCHA Perspective to Queens Assembly Seat

The 36-year-old Democratic nominee couch surfed for a year, and lived in NYCHA for over a decade. He says his housing history shaped his plans for public office, as he…

BySunny Nagpaul 11 minRead time

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Aug 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

Police Tout ‘Safest Year So Far in Public Housing’ As Murders, Shootings Reach Record Lows

Amid a citywide drop in crime, NYCHA developments recorded the fewest murders, shootings, and robberies during the first seven months of the year, the lowest on record, according to recent…

BySunny Nagpaul 4 minRead time

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Aug 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA Resources

Dates Dropped for City’s Next ‘NYCHA in Your Neighborhood’ Events This Fall

Building on three earlier forums held this spring, the events are a chance for public housing residents to tell officials their concerns directly, City Hall said.

BySunny Nagpaul 5 minRead time

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Aug 2026

Education Featured Health Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Will Eliminate Lead Paint From Dozens of Childcare Centers This Fall

After four children had elevated levels of lead in their blood, NYCHA tested all the childcare centers in its buildings built before 1978, when lead paint was banned—and most were…

BySunny Nagpaul 12 minRead time

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

‘Shake The Hands And Kiss The Babies’: For NYCHA Voters, Showing Up Still Matters

“My mother’s generation still talks about when Jesse Jackson came to Harlem, about when Bill Clinton came to Harlem,” said Darique Warren, a 38-year-old NYCHA resident of Polo Grounds Towers.…

BySunny Nagpaul 22 minRead time

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Jul 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development NYCHA

NYCHA Senior Holdouts Allege Harassment in New Legal Challenge Over Chelsea Redevelopment

Residents in a senior-only building in Chelsea allege they are being harassed by the public housing authority and its private management partners. It’s the latest legal challenge in a years-long…

BySunny Nagpaul 16 minRead time

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Jul 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development NYCHA

A New Future for NYCHA’s Historic UWS Brownstones? Residents Say Questions Remain

NYCHA is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate a unique cluster of Manhattan brownstones, many of which are afforded landmark protection status, by converting the apartments to private management.

BySunny Nagpaul 17 minRead time

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Jul 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

NYCHA Can Move Ahead With Chelsea Redevelopment, Court Decides

After a nearly four-month stall, plans to demolish and rebuild 2,000 public housing apartments in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood are back on again.

BySunny Nagpaul 8 minRead time

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Jun 2026

Featured Government NYCHA Politics

What NY’s Congressional Primary Candidates Have Said About NYCHA

In several Congressional races across the city, candidates’ stances on how best to continue funding, maintaining and improving conditions at the city’s more than 300 public housing developments have become…

BySunny Nagpaul 18 minRead time

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‘Like Science Fiction’: Resident Votes and Virtual Reality Drive NYCHA Campus Transformation

Police Tout ‘Safest Year So Far in Public Housing’ As Murders, Shootings Reach Record Lows

Dates Dropped for City’s Next ‘NYCHA in Your Neighborhood’ Events This Fall

NYCHA Will Eliminate Lead Paint From Dozens of Childcare Centers This Fall

‘Shake The Hands And Kiss The Babies’: For NYCHA Voters, Showing Up Still Matters

NYCHA Senior Holdouts Allege Harassment in New Legal Challenge Over Chelsea Redevelopment

A New Future for NYCHA’s Historic UWS Brownstones? Residents Say Questions Remain

NYCHA Can Move Ahead With Chelsea Redevelopment, Court Decides

What NY’s Congressional Primary Candidates Have Said About NYCHA

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