STARTING MONDAY, NEW YORK CITY TO OFFER FREE LEAD TESTING FOR 3,000 NYCHA CHILDREN Tenants will be notified about service with letters and phone calls; City also providing a hotline to schedule appointments Residents can make an appointment at any […]
NYCHA Brings Money Management to Public Housing in Pilot Program by David Greene The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has teamed up with the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs and the non-profit Urban Upbound, that will bring […]
City of New York and T-mobile giving away 5,000 free computer tablets to eligible NYCHA households. Register online today.
NYCHA Launches NextGen Neighborhoods Stakeholder Committees; Kicks-Off Search for Resident Committee Members Comprised of residents, community representatives and elected officials from each development site, the Stakeholder Committee will work directly with the developers, ensuring constructive dialogue and accountability […]
Do know a NYCHA resident youth who would be a great addition to our new Youth Leadership Councils (YLC’s)? Ask them to sign up today! The deadline has been extended to November 4. Interested residents can go online here to apply. Across fifteen neighborhood-based […]
Senator Klein Helps Deliver Bundle of Refrigerators to Sack Wern Houses State Senator Jeff Klein, New York City Housing Authority Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, and Councilwoman Annabel Palma joined tenants of the Sack Wern Houses to […]
JESSICA WHITE, BRONX MOTHER OF 3, DIES SHIELDING HER CHILDREN FROM BULLETS IN THE PARK In his Sunday, Matters of Faith column, Overcoming Evil, Rev. J. Loren Russell wrote about the death of Jessica White was overshadowed by the horrific […]
Today, State Sen. Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and others rally against gun violence in response to a recent shooting at Throggs Neck Houses.
PUBLIC HOUSING CHAIR RITCHIE TORRES ENDORSES ESPAILLAT FOR CONGRESS Four NYCHA Tenant Association Presidents Endorse Espaillat (New York, NY ) Council Member Ritchie Torres, Chairman of the Committee on Public Housing, four NYCHA tenant association presidents and scores of NYCHA residents gathered on the steps of […]
On Thursday evening, two NYPD police officers were shot and wounded inside a stairwell at 320 East 156th Street within the Melrose Housing Development in the South Bronx. Three officers were conducting a vertical patrol in the sixth floor stairwell area when […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW by Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx Another Tale of NYCHA Neglect You should know that while New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about helping the Syrian immigrants who are innocent victims of […]
Despite federal ban, more sex offenders are calling NYCHA developments home State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) and Councilman Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx), joined by Councilman Mark Treyger (D-Brooklyn) and outraged New York City Housing Development tenants, released an alarming investigative report […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx Mayor Bill de Blasio Should Go Back and Spend another Night in a NYCHA Building You should know that on July 20, 2013, when then New York City […]
NYCHA Employees Teamsters Local 237 Endorse of Keith Wright for Congress Teamsters Local 237 represents over half of all New York City Housing Authority employees. These workers are critical to maintaining the largest public housing authority in the United […]
Weeks after the Legionnaires’ outbreak was declared over in a large swath of the South Bronx after claiming 12 lives and infecting more than 120 people, a small cluster was discovered the following day at Melrose Houses, NYCHA development. Four people […]
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