The new “Critical Repair Initiative” will be modeled after the Mold and Leaks Ombudsperson Call Center, which residents say has added an extra layer of accountability and coordination to NYCHA’s…
“Many have claimed they can subvert the profit-seeking instincts of the development industry,” the author writes. “Once private financial interests are invited into public spaces, sooner or later, their basic…
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…
Inspections by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development are one of the only tools NYCHA tenants have for securing overdue repairs. But tenants and legal advocates say scheduling…
The events will be a chance for public housing residents—some of whom felt left out by Mamdani’s earlier ‘Rental Ripoff’ hearings—to provide direct feedback and share concerns with city leaders.
“We almost feel like we’re doing something wrong by asking,” Jazmin Grubb said of her family’s struggles to obtain American Sign Language accommodations for her aunt, who is deaf and…
NYCHA told City Limits that it anticipates moving forward with the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program at Red Hook West. Tenant Association leader Karen Blondel hopes to leverage the…
The Community Center has been closed since Superstorm Sandy hit New York City in 2012. Major flooding destroyed the basketball court where kids used to shoot hoops, and shut down…
Squatters took up illegal residence in hundreds of empty NYCHA apartments in recent years, as the units waited for often extensive repair work before they could be rented out again.
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…