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During her tenure, Aviles, who became Chair of the City Council’s Committee on Public Housing in January 2022, began questioning NYCHA’s high vacancy and low turnover rates. Banks says he…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Hot Water Outages vs. Demolition Dust: NYCHA Residents Weigh Pros and Cons of Demo Plan

NYCHA residents at the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea complexes gathered Thursday for the first of three public meetings to discuss the potential environmental impacts of demolition.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Candidates on Housing: Assemblymember Zinerman Talks Fixing NYCHA and ‘Good Cause’ Negotiations

Raised in Brooklyn’s Gowanus Houses, Zinerman says she wants to see more secure and better-funded developments in the New York City Housing Authority, and to support local tenants and property…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

No ‘False Promises’: NYCHA Tenants Get Preview of Trust Transition

Nostrand Houses residents packed into folding chairs in their community center Tuesday, eager to learn when repairs would begin now that they’ve joined the Public Housing Preservation Trust. Not right…

ByTatyana Turner 4Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Candidates on Housing: DSA-Backed Eon Huntley Vies for Bed-Stuy Assembly Seat

The retail worker and father of two believes his experiences as both a renter and public school parent have prepared him to potentially unseat incumbent Stefani Zinerman in the upcoming…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Environmental Review Kicks Off for Rebuilding Plan at Fulton & Elliott-Chelsea Houses

The plan would tear down and rebuild all 2,056 NYCHA apartments at the aging Manhattan campuses, and construct an additional 3,450 mixed-income units there. The public has a chance to weigh…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Early Tally Shows ‘Trust’ Model Leading in Nostrand Houses Vote

New York City Housing Authority tenants at the Nostrand Houses in Sheepshead Bay appear poised to join the Preservation Trust, a new funding model for public housing signed into law…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Broken Locks, Elevators: Council Probes Safety Concerns for Older Adults at NYCHA

Concerns ranged from the functionality of security cameras at developments to broken locks and entryway doors, as well as how elevator breakdowns impact tenants with mobility issues.

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

Legal Aid Launches Unit Dedicated to Representing NYCHA Tenants

The team, which will have two attorneys and three paralegals, plans to provide legal support for public housing matters, including for tenants who have already converted—or are in the process…

ByTatyana Turner 2Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Video

WATCH: How Should NYCHA Fund Repairs? A City Limits Conversation

City Limits on Thursday hosted a panel conversation about the plans being pitched to drum up funding for the city’s public housing system. What is RAD/PACT and the new Preservation…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

Changing of the Chair: Avilés, Banks On Public Housing Committee Shuffle

Hot Water Outages vs. Demolition Dust: NYCHA Residents Weigh Pros and Cons of Demo Plan

Candidates on Housing: Assemblymember Zinerman Talks Fixing NYCHA and ‘Good Cause’ Negotiations

No ‘False Promises’: NYCHA Tenants Get Preview of Trust Transition

Candidates on Housing: DSA-Backed Eon Huntley Vies for Bed-Stuy Assembly Seat

Environmental Review Kicks Off for Rebuilding Plan at Fulton & Elliott-Chelsea Houses

Early Tally Shows ‘Trust’ Model Leading in Nostrand Houses Vote

Broken Locks, Elevators: Council Probes Safety Concerns for Older Adults at NYCHA

Legal Aid Launches Unit Dedicated to Representing NYCHA Tenants

WATCH: How Should NYCHA Fund Repairs? A City Limits Conversation

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