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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…

ByTareq Saghie 0Comments

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Jan 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

When Elevators Break, These NYCHA Residents Are Stuck in Their Apartments

At NYCHA’s Surfside Gardens, slow repairs leave seniors and residents with disabilities waiting years as broken elevators, intercoms, playgrounds, and trash compactors disrupt daily life.

ByBella Week 4Comments

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Has Ignored Mold at This Brooklyn After-School Center for a Year, Staffers Say

Staff at the center, many of whom also live in NYCHA housing, say they keep the door to the mold-filled closet closed as much as possible. They say they’ve filed…

ByBella Week 3Comments

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

Private Management Deals Raised $1.6 Billion for NYCHA Repairs This Year, Officials Say

In 2025, NYCHA closed on the financing for repairs at 16 developments through the controversial PACT program, and moved ahead on renovation plans for two other public housing campuses funded…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Oct 2025

Featured Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations NYCHA

Most NYCHA Developments Have Greater Repair Needs Than Partially-Collapsed Mitchel Houses, Inspections Show

After the partial collapse of a NYCHA building in the Bronx, tenants are split on how to best address deteriorating conditions in the city’s public housing stock. Stay in underfunded…

ByPatrick Spauster 7Comments

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Oct 2025

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

City-Issued Violations at NYCHA Developments Are Now Public, Following Legal Settlement

NYCHA residents can now look up housing code violations for their buildings online, something tenants in privately-owned properties have long been able to do. The new data comes a week after…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Feb 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Why Is It So Hard To Eradicate Mold at NYCHA?

Despite being under court order to remediate it, mold remains a persistent problem for NYCHA, which points to its aging infrastructure and a climbing number of physical needs across its…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Jan 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

It’s a Tie: NYCHA Tenants in Brooklyn Must Vote Again on Funding Model

After a split decision between two funding options, residents at the Hylan Houses must head back to the polls starting Feb. 26 to break the tie.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Nov 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

A ‘Yelp’ For NYCHA Repairs? Audit Calls For More Oversight and Resident Feedback on Vendors

“An app which allows residents to give real-time feedback on the repair vendors in their apartments that adds up to a vendor’s scorecard so we will have real accountability for…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Nov 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Voting Starts for NYCHA Hylan Houses Tenants to Choose Funding Model

Starting Wednesday at noon, residents at the single public housing building in Bushwick, Brooklyn, will have 30 days to vote on whether they want to stay in the Section 9…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

Isaacs Houses Residents Weigh Ditching Public Housing for Section 8

When Elevators Break, These NYCHA Residents Are Stuck in Their Apartments

NYCHA Has Ignored Mold at This Brooklyn After-School Center for a Year, Staffers Say

Private Management Deals Raised $1.6 Billion for NYCHA Repairs This Year, Officials Say

Most NYCHA Developments Have Greater Repair Needs Than Partially-Collapsed Mitchel Houses, Inspections Show

City-Issued Violations at NYCHA Developments Are Now Public, Following Legal Settlement

Why Is It So Hard To Eradicate Mold at NYCHA?

It’s a Tie: NYCHA Tenants in Brooklyn Must Vote Again on Funding Model

A ‘Yelp’ For NYCHA Repairs? Audit Calls For More Oversight and Resident Feedback on Vendors

Voting Starts for NYCHA Hylan Houses Tenants to Choose Funding Model

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