Will new federal funding build NYCHA back better?
Aurely Negrón’s studio apartment in the Mitchel Houses in Mott Haven has had mold since he moved in 10 years ago. Earlier this year, a leak in the apartment above…
NYCHA residents keep pressure on mayor to fire Public Housing CEO
NYCHA residents continued to let Mayor Bill de Blasio know they’re angry with his choice for Housing Authority CEO Gregory Russ, and vented their frustration at proposed policies they suspect…
Why has NYCHA decided on the Blueprint?
The New York City Housing Authority needs money — a lot of it. Most of its apartment units are considered “obsolete” by federal standards, meaning they cost more to repair…
Bronx NYCHA improvements haven’t sold other public housing residents on RAD and Blueprint
The Betances Houses in Mott Haven recently got a major facelift — new appliances, bathrooms, windows, security cameras and mold prevention fans – thrilling many of the residents there. In…
Op ed: The future of NYCHA is not the Blueprint for Change
Growing up in Mill Brook Houses, I used to go downstairs at about 8 a.m. on Saturdays to play basketball with kids from the development. In those games I met…
NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change gets no love at public hearing
NYCHA CEO gets razzed over Blueprint for Change Residents, politicians and union workers responded angrily to the New York City Housing Authority’s controversial Blueprint for Change at a publicly Zoomed…
NYCHA tenant association president runs for office, urges other residents to do the same
Tenant leaders reject Housing Authority’s latest funding proposal After seven mayors, 10 presidents and more than 50 years of living in the Frederick Douglass Houses on Manhattan’s Upper West Side,…