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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 1Comment

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Feb 2026

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

More NYCHA Apartments to Get Climate-Friendly Heat Pumps

More than 700 homes at Beach 41st Street Houses in Rockaway will switch to electric heating and cooling, which officials say will reduce pollution and offer more reliable service than NYCHA’s…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 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

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

NYCHA to Replace Gas Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

Dozens of public housing apartments will get plug-in induction ranges as part of the initiative, which aims to eventually shift 10,000 NYCHA homes off the use of polluting fossil fuel appliances.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA Profiles

Cameras or Community: What Keeps Harlem Safe?

New York’s Big Apple Connect program offers free Wi-Fi in public housing—and new pathways for police access to NYCHA cameras. In Harlem, youth advocates say real safety for young people…

ByMax Rykov 7Comments

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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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Dec 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations NYCHA

Puerto Rican Families in New York’s Public Housing Worry Privatization Will Cause Displacement

New York City’s public housing authority has turned thousands of apartments over to private management. While PACT may currently be the most effective way to fund renovations quickly, many tenants…

ByTareq Saghie 15Comments

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Nov 2025

Comunidades de habla hispana Economy Government Homelessness NYCHA Politics

‘No es nada agradable’: cómo afectó a los neoyorquinos el retraso en distribución de prestaciones de SNAP

Si bien el gobierno federal ha reabierto oficialmente, los beneficiarios locales del programa SNAP tuvieron que lidiar con refrigeradores y alacenas vacías durante más de una semana. Ahora, se prevé…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

The Candidates for Mayor On Housing, Zoning and NYCHA

Early voting is underway. City Limits has the details on where the candidates stand on rent stabilization, affordable housing production, zoning reform, and NYCHA.

ByPatrick Spauster 9Comments

Isaacs Houses Residents Weigh Ditching Public Housing for Section 8

More NYCHA Apartments to Get Climate-Friendly Heat Pumps

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

NYCHA to Replace Gas Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

Cameras or Community: What Keeps Harlem Safe?

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

Puerto Rican Families in New York’s Public Housing Worry Privatization Will Cause Displacement

‘No es nada agradable’: cómo afectó a los neoyorquinos el retraso en distribución de prestaciones de SNAP

The Candidates for Mayor On Housing, Zoning and NYCHA

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