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Construction workers outside Brooklyn's Nostrand Houses in 2015.
Over the next 100 days, NYCHA will hold engagement sessions so Nostrand Houses tenants can learn more about each of the ballot choices. On Nov. 8, the 30-day voting process will begin. Residents can vote online or by mail during the first 20 days, while the last 10 days will take place in-person.
A fight over whether to demolish and rebuild apartments at the Chelsea-Elliott and Fulton Houses in lower Manhattan echoes a larger debate over how NYCHA should raise funds for its deteriorating housing stock, and how much of a say tenants will have in those plans.
NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt said the Preservation Trust is essential to helping NYCHA get “tremendous capital needs” and aiding residents to getting quality repairs. The first development to vote on whether to join the Trust is expected to be chosen this summer.
While the number of NYCHA campuses that saw elevator outages between January and April of this year was the same as the year before, the total number of incidents—9,904—declined by more than 12 percent, and NYCHA’s response time for repairs improved.
Unofficial numbers released Sunday by the New York City Board of Elections (BOE) show just 44,611 people participated in early voting, held across nine days in every borough but Staten Island. The polls close at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
“You think about a $106 billion budget—we’re asking for $400 million with an M,” Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa said at Thursday’s rally. “NYCHA tenants deserve more and we’re going to continue to stand with you until we see a budget that reflects the dignity that you have long deserved.”
El objetivo de la Autoridad de Vivienda de la ciudad de Nueva York (NYCHA por sus siglas en inglés) es que la entrega de los apartamentos se produzca en 30 días. Sin embargo, en abril, NYCHA tardó una media de 410 días en volver a ocupar un apartamento desocupado, lo que supone un aumento significativo desde principios de año, y más del doble que hace un año.
“If you charge someone less than what they’re supposed to be paying they might not shout about it quite as loudly,” said Comptroller Brad Lander, whose office conducted the review. “Undercharging people relative to their income, they might not complain, but then the agency might not have the money it needs.”
NYCHA reported a decrease in heat outages and shorter restoration times during the 2022-2023 winter heating season, which concluded Friday, citing millions of dollars invested in upgraded boiler systems and newly installed hot water heaters and heat pumps.
NYCHA’s target time is 30 days for apartment turnover. But as of April, it took the housing authority an average of 410 days to re-occupy a vacant apartment, up significantly from the start of the year and more than double what it took a year ago.
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