Reversing a long-standing policy that had been criticized for splitting up or uprooting families, the public housing authority is permitting some people to return to NYCHA housing after their sentences.…
Community Board 3 is now trying to decide whether to give their blessings to the administration’s offer to conduct a rezoning study that omits the broader neighborhood.
City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy joined Gary Pierre-Pierre on CUNY TV’s Independent Sources to discuss the NYCHA NextGen plan and some of the community concerns it has generated.
The challenges that confront NYCHA today are in large measure the result of changed perceptions of public housing after the system’s one-time white majority fled for the suburbs.
The authority has held 40 meetings with residents at two developments targeted for the construction of new housing, talking out principles to guide each project. There are signs the effort…
From inviting in private developers to hiring nonprofits to run community centers to launching its own 501c3, the authority is embracing the private sector more than ever before. NYCHA says…
Gotham Gazette and City Limits break down NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye’s remarks this week about NextGen NYCHA, maintenance hours and whether public housing is aiding or arresting mobility.