Housing and Homelessness
NYCHA Seniors Sound Call For More Cops
Danny Gold |
Residents in East New York’s Reid Apartments say they need more help from police to protect vulnerable residents from crime.
Bronx
Cops May Change Frisk Tactics
Hannah Rappleye |
After years of complaints from some residents, the NYPD and NYCHA are meeting with tenants about police policies in public housing.
Health and Environment
Making Public Housing Public
Bendix Anderson |
Ideas for weaving public housing back into the city’s social fabric.
Bronx
Council's Angry Over Housing, But That Doesn't Pay The Rent
Eileen Markey |
After receiving prized Section 8 vouchers, then losing them, about 1,000 ill-sheltered grantees are still without a housing plan.
Citywide
City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused
Eileen Markey |
More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn – and housing officials have little else to say about it.
Government
City Won't Vouch For Them: No Solution For Unhoused
Eileen Markey |
More than 2,000 needy New Yorkers received coveted Section 8 vouchers for major rental assistance. Then the vouchers were withdrawn – and housing officials have little else to say about it.
Citywide
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Nekoro Gomes |
The new decade brings fresh faces to nonprofits large and small and a host of city agencies – along with a major gap in state housing leadership.
Citywide
Saving Public Housing By Building Anew
Roy Strickland |
New York’s public housing has suffered years of federal divestment, putting its future viability in doubt. When a team of urban designers explored the Lower East Side projects’ open spaces, they found potential for NYCHA to not merely survive, but thrive.
Bronx
Amid Housing Complaints, Is The Forecast Improving?
Karen Loew |
A stimulus funding influx, the possibility of new jobs, and heartier support from officials comes as public housing residents call attention to widespread poor living conditions.
ARTS and CULTURE
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Nekoro Gomes |
A new state education leader takes the helm, as more New Yorkers head to Washington and the Pratt Center gets a new director.
