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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…

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

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Sep 2025

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

The Repairs Crisis in NYC’s Project Based Rental Assistance Program

Private managers of some federally subsidized housing projects in New York City are failing to remedy health and safety issues in their buildings. Many tenants are scared to speak up,…

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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Jul 2024

Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Despite New Owner’s Promised Upgrades, ‘100% Affordable’ Atlantic Yards Building Endures Hot Water Outages, Broken Door, Even Bees

Only after a local councilmember’s push did landlord Avanath meet with the tenant group at 38 Sixth Ave., but progress has come slowly, and tenants scorned a proposed partial rent…

ByNorman Oder 3Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Bronx Building Collapse is a Wake-Up Call

“It will happen again. It’s not a matter of if, but when. The average building age in New York City is around 90 years, and we’re grappling with a shortage…

ByDavid B. Lever 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

City Lawmakers Call for Probe of How NYCHA Handles Tenant Complaints

The City Council’s resolution implores the state legislature and HUD to “take strong action and increase NYCHA accountability by auditing the responsiveness of NYCHA managers to tenants,” citing complaints from…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

A NY Law Puts A Steep Price On ‘Serious’ Building Disrepair. These Tenants Are Fighting To Use It.

Brooklyn tenants are trying to dismantle barriers around a seldom-used 1960s-era law that can prohibit landlords from collecting rent when they fail to fix dangerous building conditions for months on…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: How the Other Half Still Lives in NYC Housing

“In 1890, Jacob Riis photographed and documented the inhumane conditions of tenements in New York City: the lack of light, air, space, and basic sanitation. Today, 132 years later, much…

BySateesh Nori 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Demanding Greater Accountability in Wake of Fatal Bronx Fire

‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to…

BySiya Hegde 0Comments

Amid NYC Cold Snap, Tenants Report Most ‘No Heat’ Complaints on Record