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Opinion: NYC Needs a More Aggressive Approach to Testing and Fixing Lead Poisoning

‘New York City needs to speed up its work to make NYCHA housing safe. Rather than painstakingly testing every unit before acting, the city instead should operate on a ‘contains…

Housing Round-up: Rally for Stronger Rent Regs. A Segregation Scorecard. More Development for NYCHA?

Plus: Are New York’s banks doing right by the depositors from low-income communities?

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Lawmakers: Axe Tax Break for High-End Condos and Coops to Help Fund NYCHA

Worth about $572 million in fiscal 2019, it’s the fourth largest tax break affecting city revenues.

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City

And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?

Government NYCHA Podcasts

Melissa Mark-Viverito Points to Her Track Record in Bid for Public Advocate

The former speaker joined Max & Murphy to talk about NYCHA, the need for a woman’s voice at the citywide level, and what she thinks of the anti-gay comments of…

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Council’s NYCHA Point-Person Has Open Mind on the Monitor and Infill Development

But Alicka Ampry-Samuel took issue with City Hall appointing a person with no housing expertise as interim head of the housing authority.

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Residents Cheer Decision on Monitor, Wait to Learn if They’ll Have a Real Voice

‘We cannot relax. We don’t know what this federal monitor is going to do.’

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenant Coalition Moving Cautiously on Possible NYCHA Rent Strike

‘We have to take matters into our hands. We cannot solely depend on elected officials because our lives are at stake here.’

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: Help Close NYCHA’s Funding Gap With a ‘Tourist Tax’

‘I cannot imagine a tourist would be upset with a new tax, as $1 is easy to muster. Heck, even $2 is easy to swallow when you consider the amazing…

Government NYCHA

De Blasio Sets Broad Goals for ‘Quality of Life’ in State of the City

The mayor talked explicitly about improving the level of ‘happiness’ in New York City as he rolled out proposals for universal healthcare, universal retirement security and mandatory paid leave.

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