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New York City is where public housing started. It is where most public housing was built. And today, it is where the concept of public housing in America is making…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2009

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Time for Hardball: Public Housing Politics

Organizers who target public housing have one thing going for them: The density of public housing makes it easy to reach a lot of potential voters fast—and then to follow…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2009

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Seeing Green: NYCHA Aims to Cut Carbon, and Costs

Starved for cash to maintain, let alone repair, its aging buildings, NYCHA is looking to spend money to save money—putting $400 million toward energy efficiencies.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2009

Economy Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Capital Ideas: Rebuilding Public Housing, Under Pressure

Getting the money is only one problem facing NYCHA’s capital program: Another is spending that money wisely.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2008

Economy Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Audit: NYCHA Capital Program in Trouble

An internal report by the inspector general over the Housing Authority says management lapses and cost overruns will severely curtail plans to repair the city’s aging stock of public housing.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2008

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

HPD Boss Leaves; City Policy At Crossroads

Commissioner Shaun Donovan’s departure to Washington comes as the city’s affordable housing plan faces steep challenges.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2008

Economy Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings

New faces at public agencies and private groups across the city, as inimitable organizer John Raskin moves on, and labor leader Roger Toussaint moves up.

ByAlex Cotton 0Comments

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Dec 2008

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Pit Bull Ad Blitz: Spay Now or Pay Later

Citing high rates of euthanasia for the breed, anti-cruelty activists are making it easier for lower-income pit bull owners to get their friends fixed.