NYCHA announces affordable housing plan for seniors
Local seniors who live in public housing hope a new plan from the city will help open up housing opportunities for them while helping make the neighborhood more attractive.
Planned development riles NYCHA residents
Residents of Mill Brook Houses packed their community center on Monday night to confront developers who plan to construct new housing for seniors on the site of a NYCHA parking…
Two housing cops shot, shooter kills self in Melrose Houses
Residents of Melrose Houses say they are satisfied with police patrols in their building even after a violent incident on Feb. 4 in which a gunman shot two police officers…
NYCHA should be Council candidates’ priority, say tenants
Two NYCHA tenant leaders say the candidates for the open 17th district City Council seat should put some focus on badly needed repairs in public housing.
NYCHA rolls out safety cameras
Residents of the John Adams Houses in Morrisania are hoping new safety cameras in their buildings will help bring down crime and vandalism which have plagued the complex for years.
Mott Haven shut out of federal housing grant
Thirty million federal dollars that the New York City Housing Authority could have used to rebuild dilapidated housing complexes, revitalize residential plazas and expand early childhood education will instead go…
New case of Legionnaires’ detected in Melrose
A tenant at Melrose Houses has fallen ill with Legionnaires' disease. Residents say it's the fourth case of the disease at 681 Courtlandt Ave. in the last month, prompting them…
Some NYCHA residents to get free broadband
Residents of NYCHA’s Mott Haven Houses on Alexander Ave. are slated to receive free Internet access as part of a federal initiative recently announced by President Obama.