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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
