Recycling advocates hit NYCHA with lawsuit
Longword's Mothers on the Move is one of three environmental justice organizations that have filed a lawsuit against NYCHA, contending that workers routinely flaunt laws requiring them to sort recyclables…
Millbrook residents scorn NYCHA’s latest revenue-raising plan
Millbrook Houses residents were skeptical when a NYCHA official told them at an April 28 meeting that plans to lease a parking lot to a private developer are meant to…
NYCHA residents meet with their ‘landlord’
Residents from several Mott Haven NYCHA complexes vented their frustrations over dismal living conditions and slow service to a high-ranking housing official at a March 16 meeting at Millbrook Houses.
Tenants fight the system, and the cold
Residents at one of the city's biggest public housing complexes say they're fed up with undependable heat and hot water, an extended gas outage and unresponsive management.
NYCHA elevators leave tenants stranded
For the lucky ones, broken elevators just add frustration to an already long day. But for the elderly or disabled, they can mean missed doctor's appointments or cancelled meetings with…
Precinct moving plan draws fire
As the city finalizes plans to move 40th Precinct headquarters from its longtime home on 138th Street, residents worry that the lack of police presence would leave that volatile area…
Neighborhood transformation plan unveiled
After two years of intensive planning for what they hope will be a major facelift to the neighborhood, residents at a Nov. 5 public meeting in Mott Haven finally saw…
NYCHA plan enters home stretch
Some fifty residents gathered at the Betances Houses Community Center on a recent Friday evening for a night of film screenings and performances, and to discuss updates to the Choice…