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NYCHA Botched Fixing Roofs That Had Warranties, Wasting Millions – Comptroller Finds

Comptroller Scott Stringer at a press conference outside Ingersoll Houses in Fort Green (Image by Sam Raskin/Bklyner)FORT GREENE — The city’s housing authority has been ‘botching’ maintenance of its buildings’ roofs, Comptroller Scott Stringer said Friday. “NYCHA wasted millions and has put tens of millions of dollars at

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Ingersoll Residents Question Affordability Of New Housing

The meeting in session. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)“What do you call affordable?” asked Ingersoll Residents Association President Darold Burgess [/?s=darold+burgess] in reference to the developments rising around the Ingersoll Houses and the proposed affordable housing set-asides. The Ingersoll Residents Association Meeting was last night at

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Ingersoll And Fort Greene Leaders Bring Voter Registration To The People

Photo courtesy of Darold Burgess.Voter registration may be over for anyone seeking to vote in the April 19 presidential primary (FYI it’s not too late to register for the main thing, aka General Election in November), but Fort Greene community leaders definitely made the most of the time

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Much-Needed Lighting And Security Cameras Are Being Installed At Ingersoll Houses

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Let there be light. Now that a $4.8 million lighting installation project has been completed at Harlem’s Polo Grounds Towers public housing development, the city is continuing to go full steam ahead at the next eight (8) locations — including our very own Ingersoll