NEW YORK—After her husband assaulted her so violently that he left a gash on her head, Ms. Biddle (a pseudonym) left her home with her 8-year-old child and sought refuge in a domestic violence shelter, operated by the nonprofit Safe Horizon.
Leaking water, peeling paint, broken windows, and severe mold have caused 25 tenants of the Morris Houses to sue their landlord—the New York City Public Housing Authority—for repairs.
NEW YORK—Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report Monday depicting the disparity between public housing and private, and criticizing the work of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
Two new laws are raising the penalty for assaulting New York City Housing Authority workers doing their jobs or a school crossing guard anywhere in the state.
An audit released by the city comptroller’s office Thursday revealed that the city’s public housing authority, NYCHA, failed to monitor the construction companies it contracts for work on its projects, allowing them to shirk their obligation to hire public housing and other low-income residents.
In response to Sunday’s stabbing at an East New York public housing development that left a 6-year-old boy dead and a 7-year-old girl in critical condition, Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized his staff for sluggish installations of security cameras at public housing projects.
In an effort to bring tourists and recognition to more of New York’s old and beautiful buildings, the New York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended 21 new sites to the National Register of Historic Places.
Community complaints about drug dealing around Fiorentino Plaza in Brooklyn, prompted a nine-month long police investigation that came to a close on Aug. 23, resulting in 15 arrests.
Characterizing the lack of quality, affordable housing in New York City as a “crisis,” a housing advocacy coalition is sending a message of urgency to the mayoral candidates.