NYCHA’s chairwoman told the Council that the authority is fighting hard to keep federal budget cuts from crippling its operation. Asked what the “worst-case scenario” might look like, she pointed to St. Louis and Chicago.
Residents of public housing near the area likely to be rezoned are worried that their community will not benefit from the jobs and housing created by the redevelopment.
A crucial budget hearing and a key report frame the new fiscal challenge facing a critical and already endangered housing lifeline.
NYCHA has undertaken a comprehensive effort to inventory the art it owns with the aim of making it more visible to residents and the city at large. The hope is to make the value of public housing clearer to all.
Hoping to improve tenant engagement, NYCHA said it would let a group of residents review bids for a new mixed-income housing project at a Brooklyn development. But the authority balked when the tenants said they wanted to bring a lawyer.
Gotham Gazette and City Limits discuss the housing policy questions New York City is facing as a new president and administration take power.
From homeownership to public housing, tax credits to local hiring, there are more questions than answers so far about what the Trump presidency will mean to housing policies that affect New York.
Reversing a long-standing policy that had been criticized for splitting up or uprooting families, the public housing authority is permitting some people to return to NYCHA housing after their sentences. So far, results have been very positive.
Here’s a prediction that one might come to regret: There’s no way that 2017 could possibly be as soul-shattering as 2016 was.
Community Board 3 is now trying to decide whether to give their blessings to the administration’s offer to conduct a rezoning study that omits the broader neighborhood.
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