Bensonhurst
Photo by Jesse CoburnComptroller Scott Stringer on Tuesday charged NYCHA with being “woefully unprepared” for another emergency and said the agency had failed to learn lessons from Superstorm Sandy. And audit by the comptroller’s office discovered alarming deficiencies in NYCHA’s plans to assist tenants with disabilities, disaster trainings
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Photo by Jesse CoburnComptroller Scott Stringer on Tuesday charged NYCHA with being “woefully unprepared” for another emergency and said the agency had failed to learn lessons from Superstorm Sandy. And audit by the comptroller’s office discovered alarming deficiencies in NYCHA’s plans to assist tenants with disabilities, disaster trainings
Health
Image via Dodgerton Skillhouse [http://mrg.bz/QS0kqz].A smoking ban has been proposed [http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=smoke-freepublichousing.pdf] by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), sparking questions about how exactly such a law, if passed, can be enforced by an
nostrand houses
Assemblywomen Helene Weinstein speaking at a July press conference alongside Mayor Bill de Blasio, Councilman Alan Maisel, Borough President Eric Adams, and others. (Photo provided by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein’s office)Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein announced Friday she had secured $2 million for new security cameras and increased lighting at the
home ownership
Photo by Fort Greene FocusAre you a resident of a New York City Housing Authority building who’s thinking of purchasing your first home, but feel lost by the confusing process? A new first-time homebuyer education workshop series that kicks off in our area tonight may be able to help.
downsizing
A Fort Greene NYCHA resident spoke up at a community information session/town hall with NYCHA representative Brian Honan on May 18, 2015.Dozens of Fort Greene residents — many of them seniors — came out to a community information session/town hall to pepper the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
African Americans
35th District City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo. (Photo by The Nabe)Councilmember Laurie Cumbo [http://council.nyc.gov/d35/html/members/home.shtml]issued an apology on Thursday (March 26) for remarks made during a City Council Public Housing Committee hearing where she asked whether the New York City Housing Authority
2250 west 11th st
Source: Null Value via flickrA 20-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the stomach at the Marlboro Houses (2250 West 11th Street) early this morning. The man was exiting the elevator on the 16th floor of the building to visit his grandmother at approximately 1:40
housing projects
This was NOT taken at O’Dwyer park. (Source: Rachie.Rach/Flickr)During a public hearing at a Coney Island NYCHA complex last month, Councilman Mark Treyger listened to complaints about heat and hot water failures attributed to Superstorm Sandy replacement boilers [/in-list-of-citys-worst-housing-projects-marlboro-houses-ranks-41st-out-of-349/] from the residents of O’Dwyer Gardens
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Coney Island public houses have broken down on the winter’s coldest days (Source: forum.skyscraperpage.com)After struggling through mid-winter breakdowns of heating equipment, residents of the 110 New York City Housing Authority buildings damaged in Superstorm Sandy are set to get some relief within the next six months
New York City Housing Authority
A room available in the Sheepshead Bay Houses (Source: Craigslist via Post)A New York Post report released over the weekend claims that residents of the Sheepshead Bay Houses on Nostrand Avenue are illegally subletting their taxpayer subsidized apartments for as little as $350 a month. The Post reports [http:
marlboro projects
Marlboro Houses (Source: Google Maps)The Marlboro Houses at 2740 86th Street ranks as the 41st most neglected development under the New York City Housing Authorities’ management, with some residents waiting years for repairs to leaking pipes, crumbling walls and peeling paint, according to a new “Hall of Shame” list