The suit by residents of the Castle Hill Houses is the latest legal action charging NYCHA with failing to adequately maintain its 334 developments, which house some 400,000 New Yorkers. But NYCHA says federal underfunding makes it impossible to do more.
Tenants are now counting on Mayor Bill de Blasio to continue his support for public housing by committing to a much-needed long-term investment such as a baseline minimum of $100 million annually for NYCHA in the municipal budget.
The state came through with $100 million for capital work. The feds are sending $3 billion for Sandy repairs and resiliency work. Now, if the authority can find another $18 billion, they’re in business.
The housing authority ranks buildings’ repair needs on a scale of 1 to 5. Five is the worst—and it applies to fully a quarter of NYCHA’s buildings.
When NYCHA’s chair met with residents there were questions about failing radiators, missing kitchen sinks … and whether, a year into his administration, Mayor de Blasio is accountable for NYCHA’s maintenance woes?
The state’s Public Service Commission on Thursday delayed its vote on the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger and is likely to decide on the deal next month.
As New York regulators face a tough decision on the proposed merger between the country’s two biggest cable companies, some want free Internet access for NYCHA residents to be a condition of the deal.
The Independent Democratic Conference is proposing to restore state support for public housing, fund backlogged capital projects and require market developers to fix NYCHA buildings.
A deal to sell a stake in six buildings to a private developer is already signed and sealed—a major reason it drew sometimes heated questions at a City Council hearing.
At a weekend forum, officials of the cash-strapped housing authority convinced some resident leaders that they were making real progress on repairs. Questions remain about NYCHA’s deeper issues.
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