NYCHA Archives - Page 44 of 53

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City Limits toured New York City, Yonkers and Newburgh with Community Voices Heard, to see where the stimulus money went and hear where advocates for low-income families believe it should…

ByChris Giblin 4Comments

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Jul 2010

Opponents Mobilize Against New Harlem Charter School

Opponents of the Harlem Children’s Zone’s plans to open a school in the St. Nicholas Houses are organizing a grassroots effort aimed to prevent it.

ByChris Giblin 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Education Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Hard Math: Charter Schools Race For Space

The state legislature's eleventh-hour vote last month to expand New York's charter schools will add 114 new charters to the 99 currently operating in New York City. But while the…

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenants & Pols Protest Handling of Housing Vouchers

It's been six months since the New York City Housing Authority went back on a promise to help 2,600 low-income New Yorkers pay the rent. In that time 27 families…

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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Jun 2010

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

HUD Proposes Landmark Changes to Public Housing

In a move signaling the biggest changes since the advent of public housing 70 years ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development told Congress last week that it…

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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May 2010

Education Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Some Harlem Residents Balk At Charter School Plan

The Harlem Children’s Zone wants to launch a school at a public housing development. But some tenants worry that their children’s needs won’t be met.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

3 Reasons New Yorkers Ignore The Census

Many New Yorkers who haven’t returned their census forms fear that doing so could cost them their apartments

ByKelly Virella 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Housing Boss: Big Deficits Remain

In a Q&A with City Limits, NYCHA general manager Michael Kelly says new financing deals have narrowed a gaping budget gap. Yet multimillion-dollar challenges remain.