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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 0Comments

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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

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Jul 2026

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

Landlords Sue Over the Rent Freeze, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

A group of landlords, represented by former Adams administration official Randy Mastro, sued the Rent Guidelines Board alleging that the freeze was preordained by Mayor Mamdani, in violation of the…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development NYCHA

NYCHA Senior Holdouts Allege Harassment in New Legal Challenge Over Chelsea Redevelopment

Residents in a senior-only building in Chelsea allege they are being harassed by the public housing authority and its private management partners. It’s the latest legal challenge in a years-long…

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

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Jul 2026

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

A New Future for NYCHA’s Historic UWS Brownstones? Residents Say Questions Remain

NYCHA is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate a unique cluster of Manhattan brownstones, many of which are afforded landmark protection status, by converting the apartments to private management.

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

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Jul 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

NYCHA Can Move Ahead With Chelsea Redevelopment, Court Decides

After a nearly four-month stall, plans to demolish and rebuild 2,000 public housing apartments in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood are back on again.

BySunny Nagpaul 1Comment

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