Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to expand eligibility for city housing vouchers according to City Council laws that his predecessor failed to implement. Faced with steep fiscal challenges, he said the city…
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several New Yorkers who had their EBT accounts drained through skimming—a type of electronic fraud in which card data is stolen.
Tenants can air their grievances at a series of events in every borough, where Mamdani administration officials say they’ll use what they hear to shape policies to protect renters. Registration…
Tenants who get affordable housing through the city’s lottery or a rental assistance voucher often can’t afford amenity fees in new mixed-income luxury buildings, creating what one described as a…
Residents of the Yorkville development will be the first NYCHA tenants of the year to vote on whether they want to abandon their traditional public housing model for one of…
Thousands of local job hunters in recent years—in particular, those with low incomes who are not native English speakers—have paid illegal upfront fees to employment agencies, or received only partial…
More than 700 homes at Beach 41st Street Houses in Rockaway will switch to electric heating and cooling, which officials say will reduce pollution and offer more reliable service than NYCHA’s…
The city received nearly 80,000 calls about lack of residential heat and hot water in January, more than any other month on record. Some tenants say their buildings are falling…
Applications are now open for the 2026 NYCHA Resident Climate Action Grant Program, which funds sustainability projects in the city’s public housing developments. Past winners scored money for community gardens,…
