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State Finally Releases $450 Million Promised to NYCHA
Harry DiPrinzio |
The state money will go towards elevator and boiler replacements, but those projects won’t be completed for at least another three years.
Bronx
Public Health is Task Force Focus in Wake of Jerome Avenue Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
The Jerome Avenue rezoning deal included the formation of a task force on local health issues. The public has been identifying its top concerns, some of which relate to the very development the rezoning is bringing.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Seaport Section Remains Big Question Mark in NYC’s Flood Control Plans
Neil deMause |
What’s in store for the nearly mile-long stretch between Brooklyn Bridge and Battery Park remains up in the air in terms of planning, timeline, and funding, with a master plan only first set to be released in 2021.
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Update: One in Ten Public School Students Experienced Homelessness
Harry DiPrinzio |
Landlords that wanted to raise rents are falling behind. Housing Works employees are unhappy with their working conditions. And tenants put their landlords on trial.
Mapping the Future
Evictions are Down But Reining in NYC’s ‘Worst Evictors’ is Still on Advocates’ Agenda
Sadef Ali Kully |
The witness spoke through a Spanish interpreter. The defendant was a management company. The crime: a major capital improvement (MCI) at a rent-stabilized building in the Bronx.
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Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?
Harry DiPrinzio |
Bill de Blasio’s housing plan, like every modern mayor’s, focuses on private apartments, not public housing. There’s a growing sense that saving NYCHA will require a different orientation—right now.
Affordable Housing
Housing Advocates Plan Another Aggressive Push in Albany
Sadef Ali Kully |
After a landmark series of wins in 2019, groups advocating for low-income tenants and the homeless are looking to tighten rent-regulations further and create new paths from shelters to homes.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Climate Control is a Year-Round Issue at NYCHA, Especially for Seniors
Roshan Abraham |
The authority is racing to fix boilers ahead of winter’s chill. But the danger of extreme summer heat is still on the minds of NYCHA senior-center workers and members.
Housing and Homelessness
Thirteen-Month Struggle for Bronx Tenants to Get Their Stoves Back On
Jarrett Murphy |
‘You can’t cook on a hotplate,’ says a 26-year resident of the building. So she spends on take-out food. ‘It eats up an exorbitant amount of money that I don’t have.’ During the holidays last year, ‘We were unable to invite families to our homes because we had no gas.’
Government
Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks
Harry DiPrinzio |
There are signs decades of too little maintenance funding and of a greater need facing aging parks across the city—something advocates says could amount to a looming crisis.
