NYCHA’s Woodside Houses residents say heat and hot water service interruptions are becoming more and more frequent as the colder months approach. The complex relies on mobile boilers, which were supposed to be replaced in April.
Read MoreOne of the Bland Houses five buildings has been without cooking gas for five months, angering tenants and local lawmakers who say NYCHA hasn’t been upfront about making the repairs.
Read MoreOfficials continue the search for a new home for La Jornada, a major food pantry in Western Queens that was evicted from its headquarters in a Flushing NYCHA complex at the end of last month.
Read MoreLa Jornada, a food pantry in Flushing that serves over 10,000 families in Northwest Queens, is being evicted from its NYCHA headquarters by the public housing authority at the end of the month. The mayor offered to help find the nonprofit a new space but with two weeks remaining, one has yet to be found.
Read MoreA water main break near the Queensbridge Houses left hundreds of NYCHA residents without water most of the day Tuesday.
Read More"To confront climate change and social inequality in tandem, we must actively, and intentionally improve housing, green spaces, and air quality for our most vulnerable residents."
Read MoreActors Steven Taylor, who plays a Mufasa in “The Lion King,” and Holly Ann Butler, who stars in previews for the new “Diana the Musical,” sewed a batch of masks for their neighbors in the Woodside Houses.
Read MoreOver 6,500 meals have been served to those in need.
Read More“We cannot solve these problems on our own, but without proper funding and investments that's exactly what the state is telling New Yorkers.”
Read More“Decades of underfunding is the reason that NYCHA is currently in a state of crisis.”
Read More“The idea is simple: in the richest country in the world, we can and we must guarantee that everyone has a safe, sustainable, healthy and truly affordable home.”
Read MoreResidents at NYCHA developments continue to face unannounced heat and hot water outages, mold blooms and pest infestations.
Read MoreThe community center closed in 2008 after 20 years of operation, due to NYCHA budget cuts.
Read MoreThe coalition also calls on the state to increase funding for public housing, including a $2 billion annual fund for NYCHA, which is in a state of severe disrepair.
Read MoreMore than 3,000 Queensbridge residents were without hot water on Monday, after the New York City Housing Authority reported an unplanned outage in the entire Queensbridge North development.
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