The move to bring in outside management for some of the authority’s Section 8 properties is not the first, but comes at a sensitive time for the agency.
With more rigorous standards for the high-school equivalency diplomas set to arrive in 2014—and get harder after that—people are racing to prep for and take the test now.
The developer of a proposed ice-center and its community allies are no longer attempting to sway Councilman Fernando Cabrera to support their plan for the Kingsbridge Armory.
Over 450 tenants presented housing authority officials a long list of maintenance and repair needs, and got a promise that fixes would be made by Christmas, organizers say.
Perhaps no project embodied the Bloomberg administration’s development style better than Willets Point. Will Joe Lhota or Bill de Blasio change that approach?
Informal homes for people with substance abuse problems or re-entering society after a stint in prison often violate the building code and tenants’ rights. But tenants prefer them to the…
By limiting enrollment—and therefore eliminating the schools’ commitment to accept all neighborhood kids who wanted to come—DOE says it will improve students’ options.
This city in a city—the nation’s oldest and largest public housing system—faces operating shortfalls and a huge list of capital needs. How can City Hall protect this resource?
