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Last month, residents of the Alfred E. Smith Houses announced they were suing the New York City Housing Authority for failing to make repairs at the 12-building complex alongside the East River.  Last week, a housing court judge rejected...

For the past three years, monthly gas outages have been a way of life at the Alfred E. Smith Houses, a 12-building complex along the East River.   Water damage from a leaky roof has made life miserable for residents...

In the past 24 hours, the New York City Housing Authority finally posted details on its web site concerning a plan to lease some of its property for private development.  Tonight, officials will be briefing residents of the Smith...

Residents of the Smith Houses packed a gymnasium on Madison Street last night for a tense "emergency tenant meeting" to discuss the New York City Housing Authority's plan to lease some of its property for luxury development.  They were...

It's a holiday tradition the residents of the Alfred E. Smith Houses could definitely do without.   Once again people who live in the public housing complex near the Brooklyn Bridge are having to made do without gas service.  It's...

One week ago, residents of the Smith Houses were displaced when a fire broke out in an eighth floor apartment at 388 Pearl Street.  In the days that followed, people living in the large public housing development have contended...

Investigators have concluded an unattended candle burning an eighth floor apartment caused yesterday morning's fire at 388 Pearl. This morning the New York Post has home video showing the heroic rescue of a toddler by William Febow, his uncle....

Here's more on this morning's fire at the Alfred E. Smith Houses. According to NY1,  Six people were taken to area hospitals.  Flames erupted around 7:30 in an apartment on the 8th floor at 388 Pearl Street. The New York...

At least three people were rescued from the Alfred E. Smith Houses this morning, after a fire broke out in either a sixth or eighth floor apartment (there are conflicting reports).  Firefighters were called to the scene, at 388...

Police have arrested a suspect in the murder 16 months ago of a man near 46 Madison Street.  28-year old Anthony Evans, a resident of the Alfred E. Smith public housing complex, was shot and killed in the early...