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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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Jun 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Opinion Uncategorized

Opinion: As NYCHA Turns More Public Housing Over to Private Management, Lessons from the UK

“Many have claimed they can subvert the profit-seeking instincts of the development industry,” the author writes. “Once private financial interests are invited into public spaces, sooner or later, their basic…

ByGlyn Robbins 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Featured Government NYCHA Politics

What NY’s Congressional Primary Candidates Have Said About NYCHA

In several Congressional races across the city, candidates’ stances on how best to continue funding, maintaining and improving conditions at the city’s more than 300 public housing developments have become…

BySunny Nagpaul 1Comment

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May 2026

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

As Summer Approaches, NYCHA Tenants in East Harlem Wait for Elevator Repairs

NYCHA’s Morris Park Senior Citizens Home is slated to get elevator upgrades, including equipment to prevent outages during heat waves. But work won’t start until next year, leaving some worried…

ByJaysa Dold

BySidney Slon 0Comments

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Apr 2026

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

While Many NYCHA Residents Remain Skeptical of Private Management, This Red Hook Tenant Leader Sees An Opportunity

NYCHA told City Limits that it anticipates moving forward with the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program at Red Hook West. Tenant Association leader Karen Blondel hopes to leverage the…

ByTareq Saghie 1Comment

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Mar 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Isaacs Houses Tenants Vote to Stay in Section 9 Public Housing, Early Tally Shows

Tenants at the Upper East Side NYCHA development were the latest to vote on what funding model they want for their buildings, rebuffing two newer initiatives that officials say would…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2026

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

Isaacs Houses Residents Weigh Ditching Public Housing for Section 8

Residents of the Yorkville development will be the first NYCHA tenants of the year to vote on whether they want to abandon their traditional public housing model for one of…

ByTareq Saghie 4Comments

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

Private Management Deals Raised $1.6 Billion for NYCHA Repairs This Year, Officials Say

In 2025, NYCHA closed on the financing for repairs at 16 developments through the controversial PACT program, and moved ahead on renovation plans for two other public housing campuses funded…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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