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Bloomberg Passes NYCHA Property Proposal to de Blasio

Residents of public housing will be relieved to know there will be no last-minute agreement between the Bloomberg Administration and a private developer to build market-rate housing on NYCHA property. This year, the housing authority floated the idea of...

Public Housing Residents Tell Bloomberg: “Let De Blasio Decide”

A social media campaign is in the works this morning to oppose the New York City Housing Authority's controversial plan to lease some of its property for market-rate development.  Popping up at several public housing projects on the Lower...

NYCHA Announces Longer Timetable For Market Rate Housing Plan

Six months after a controversial development plan was first revealed, the New York City Housing Authority today put out a "request for expressions of interest" from firms that want to build market rate apartments on public housing property.  But...

Tenants Protest NYCHA Property Plan

Residents blasted the New York City Housing Authority last night for its plan to lease property for private development.  Whether their concerns will have any impact on the final proposal remains to be seen. NYCHA is required to hold...

Opponents of NYCHA Plan Organize For Wednesday Hearing

Tomorrow is a big day for opponents of the New York City Housing Authority's market rate development plan.  As you probably know, the revenue-generating proposal would create thousands of new apartments at five public housing developments on the Lower...

NYCHA Plans Released: 50-Story Towers Envisioned at Smith Houses

In spite of strong objections from residents, the New York City Housing Authority is undeterred in its quest to lease public housing property for private development.   The agency yesterday posted on its website "pre-request for proposal" documents and scheduled...

Chin, Mendez: NYCHA Should Suspend Leasing Plan, Stop NYPD Payments

City Council members Margaret Chin and Rosie Mendez, along with their uptown colleague, Melissa Mark-Viverito, are introducing two proposed resolutions today focused on NYCHA, the New York City Housing Authority.   The first resolution calls on NYCHA to "withdraw from...

Tenants at Smith Houses Allege Retaliation by NYCHA; Lawsuit Filed (Updated 5:44 p.m.)

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...

Velazquez Urges Mayor to Pressure Republican Friends on NYCHA Funding

Last Friday, local elected officials held a news conference outside City Hall, calling on the New York City Housing Authority to take "tenant input" more seriously as it rushes forward with a plan to build market-rate apartments on public...

Happening Now: Public Housing Development Hearing

We're at City Hall, where the City Council housing committee is holding a hearing on NYCHA's plan to lease some of its property for private development. Earlier Council members held a news conference outside City Hall. Elected officials urged...
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