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Amid the controversy over the management of New York’s public housing, NYCHA officials are contemplating historic changes to how the agency operates. Tenants are looking for more ways to weigh…

ByCurtis Stephen 0Comments

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Jan 2012

What’s Not to Like About the Cuomo Budget?

Amid a sea of praise for Gov. Cuomo’s second budget, advocates for low-income New Yorkers raised complaints. That, plus the latest on NYCHA, city job creation and the sick leave…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2011

Government NYCHA

Can Private Advice Save A Threatened Public Realm?

From schools to public housing to hospitals that serve the poor, private firms are being brought in to rescue remnants of an earlier, more ambitious era of government.

ByRuth Ford 0Comments

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Oct 2011

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Report: NYCHA Residents' Unemployment Has Nearly Tripled

Residents of NYCHA developments and people receiving Section 8 subsidies post an estimated 27 percent unemployment rate, says a new study, but there are new opportunities to lower it.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Aug 2011

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Big Says (Again) That Mass Layoffs May Be Coming

The Housing Authority’s Chairman John Rhea warned of 3,000 layoffs unless the federal government moves to close a billion-dollar gap in public housing funding.

ByRuth Ford 0Comments

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Apr 2011

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Life In A Landmark: Pioneering Public Housing Site Shows Its Age

For residents of First Houses—the Lower East Side site where public housing began in the United States—pride in their historic location is mixed with worries about deterioration inside.

ByShamira Muhammad 0Comments

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Feb 2011

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

As AIDS Threat Changes, Push For Housing Renews

Advocates, hoping Gov. Cuomo will back a cap on rent for people in AIDS housing, say research shows that shelter saves lives and reduces government expenditures.

ByDiana Scholl 0Comments

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Jan 2011

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Work In Progress: Residents Get More NYCHA Jobs

Since 1968, public housing authorities nationwide have largely been ignoring a law requiring that they employ residents. Evidence suggests that at NYCHA, at least, that’s changing.

ByDiana Scholl 0Comments

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Aug 2010

Economy Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?

NYCHA’s using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep…

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Aug 2010

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

HUD Listens To Housing Activists' PETRA Worries

Public housing advocates aiming to influence the direction of a seismic policy shift HUD proposed in May say they see some signs that the department is receptive to their recommendations.

ByKelly Virella 0Comments

Beyond Scandal, NYCHA Residents Seek More Power

What’s Not to Like About the Cuomo Budget?

Can Private Advice Save A Threatened Public Realm?

Report: NYCHA Residents' Unemployment Has Nearly Tripled

NYCHA Big Says (Again) That Mass Layoffs May Be Coming

Life In A Landmark: Pioneering Public Housing Site Shows Its Age

As AIDS Threat Changes, Push For Housing Renews

Work In Progress: Residents Get More NYCHA Jobs

When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?

HUD Listens To Housing Activists' PETRA Worries

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