Month: July 2016

Home/Housing/Police

Murder of young mom puts spotlight on safety measures

By Vianey Alderete Contreras / July 6, 2016

After a young mother of three was killed on June 11 while shielding her children from stray gunfire in a John Adams Houses playground, residents of the public housing complex are once again asking what it will take to help them feel safer.

Government/Politics/Home/Housing

NYCHA drops bombshell on Mill Brook Houses

By Joe Hirsch / July 1, 2016

NYCHA residents and Community Board 1 put housing officials on notice at a June 30 meeting, saying they are out of patience with the city’s housing policies and plan to ratchet up the pressure to demand transparency in the way decisions are made.