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Construction is now underway for Sol on Park, 229 affordable senior units being built on open space at NYCHA’s Morris Houses campus. Many of the apartments are earmarked for current…

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

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Sep 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

Public Housing Trust Finances Its First NYCHA Renovation Project in Brooklyn

The Public Housing Preservation Trust, created in 2022, announced the closing of a $607 million deal to renovate over 1,000 apartments at Brooklyn’s Nostrand Houses. It’s the first project financed…

BySunny Nagpaul 2Comments

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Sep 2026

ARTS and CULTURE Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Profiles

The Poet in Public Housing Who Turned Neighbors’ Stories Into Sculptures

Tamra Cosby, 28, said it was “very humbling” to hear her Astoria Houses neighbors—some of whom she’s known for over a decade—speak candidly about personal doubts and worries. Her new…

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

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Sep 2026

Climate and Environment Featured Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA’s Green Future? Officials Open ‘Showroom’ Apartment With Sustainable Features

Heat pumps, inductions stoves and infrared heating panels: these are a few of the climate-friendly upgrades being installed at some public housing developments, with more to come, officials said Tuesday.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Profiles

Q&A: Brian Romero Brings a NYCHA Perspective to Queens Assembly Seat

The 36-year-old Democratic nominee couch surfed for a year, and lived in NYCHA for over a decade. He says his housing history shaped his plans for public office, as he…

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

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Aug 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

Police Tout ‘Safest Year So Far in Public Housing’ As Murders, Shootings Reach Record Lows

Amid a citywide drop in crime, NYCHA developments recorded the fewest murders, shootings, and robberies during the first seven months of the year, the lowest on record, according to recent…

BySunny Nagpaul 1Comment

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Aug 2026

Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Knicks Win, And NYC’s Eviction Machine

“Over 175,000 New Yorkers in eviction proceedings probably did not fully get to experience the joy felt on that day—and it will matter not that for one shining day of…

ByMichele A. Yankson

ByLara Chu 1Comment

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Aug 2026

Education Featured Health Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Will Eliminate Lead Paint From Dozens of Childcare Centers This Fall

After four children had elevated levels of lead in their blood, NYCHA tested all the childcare centers in its buildings built before 1978, when lead paint was banned—and most were…

BySunny Nagpaul 1Comment

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Resources

NYCHA Tenants Sue Over Police Access to Surveillance Cameras, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The lawsuit accuses the NYPD and NYCHA of violating residents’ rights by covertly using a free internet program to give police access to public housing surveillance cameras. The police department…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

‘Shake The Hands And Kiss The Babies’: For NYCHA Voters, Showing Up Still Matters

“My mother’s generation still talks about when Jesse Jackson came to Harlem, about when Bill Clinton came to Harlem,” said Darique Warren, a 38-year-old NYCHA resident of Polo Grounds Towers.…

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

NYCHA Breaks Ground for New Senior Apartments on Public Housing Land

Public Housing Trust Finances Its First NYCHA Renovation Project in Brooklyn

The Poet in Public Housing Who Turned Neighbors’ Stories Into Sculptures

NYCHA’s Green Future? Officials Open ‘Showroom’ Apartment With Sustainable Features

Police Tout ‘Safest Year So Far in Public Housing’ As Murders, Shootings Reach Record Lows

Opinion: A Knicks Win, And NYC’s Eviction Machine

NYCHA Will Eliminate Lead Paint From Dozens of Childcare Centers This Fall

NYCHA Tenants Sue Over Police Access to Surveillance Cameras, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

‘Shake The Hands And Kiss The Babies’: For NYCHA Voters, Showing Up Still Matters

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