NYCHA
Posted inHousing
The Housing Authority has ambitious plans to replace a Chelsea complex, but Jin Tao Wu and a handful of other seniors are refusing to move out.
Posted inHousing
NYCHA Offers New Carrot to 24 Seniors Blocking $1.2 Billion Manhattan Project
The Housing Authority says it will find space in senior-only buildings for holdouts who refuse to be transferred out of a Chelsea building slated for demolition. Mayor Mamdani backs the plan.
Posted inHousing
Appeals Court Pauses Demolition of NYCHA Chelsea Complex
The court will take up in May a lawsuit that argues that NYCHA and its partners short-circuited regulatory reviews, a process that could end up scuttling the entire project.
Posted inHousing
Public Housing Tenants Poised to Reject Private Management or Investment
The first public housing residents in Manhattan to vote on the future of their complex have rejected alternative funding pathways to remain in the status quo, preliminary tally shows.
Posted inUncategorized
Hundreds of Squatters Took Over Vacant NYCHA Apartments, City Watchdog Finds
NYCHA didn't check to see if apartments were actually empty, allowing unauthorized tenants to move into more than 600 of them, reports the Department of Investigation.
Posted inTrump Administration
HUD Rule Change Targets Mixed-Immigration Status Families
A new rule would require every resident of a household receiving HUD funding to prove their citizenship or eligibility status.
Posted inUncategorized
Court Halts Demolition of NYCHA’s Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses
A temporary stay is in place until a court can hear an appeal from public housing tenants who argue that the ambitious redevelopment plan short-circuited a review process.
Posted inHousing
Key Vote in Manhattan: Stay in Traditional Public Housing, or Try a New Path
Isaacs Houses is the latest complex to choose a new funding structure that NYCHA says will allow long-overdue repairs and maintenance.
Posted inHousing, Politics
Rep. Goldman Proposes Bill to Steer Federal Funds to NYCHA Boiler Upgrades
The Democrat’s proposal would lift funding caps for safety and security grants for larger housing authorities and expand the definition of security items to include adequate heat.
Posted inAlbany, Housing, Parks
State Says NYCHA Broke Law Removing Toxic Soil Without Required Oversight
The city housing authority insists that its contractor followed proper protocols while conducting work at the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village.

