City funds crucial step in bringing trauma center to Rockaway
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The money needed to fund a key step in the fight to build a trauma hospital in the Rockaways was included in the city’s budget this week.
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Heat and hot water woes continue at Woodside Houses
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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 MoreNYCHA Bland Houses residents have been without gas for five months
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One 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 More‘People are going to go hungry': La Jornada continues search for new home following NYCHA eviction
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Officials 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 More‘It’s going to be very ugly’: Major Queens food pantry faces eviction
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La 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 MoreHundreds left without water after main break near Queensbridge
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A water main break near the Queensbridge Houses left hundreds of NYCHA residents without water most of the day Tuesday.
Read MoreNYCHA releases ambitious sustainability plan
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"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 MoreBroadway stars from Woodside deliver masks to NYCHA neighbors
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Actors 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 MoreLIC community groups fund meal program in COVID-19 crisis
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Over 6,500 meals have been served to those in need.
Read MoreLocal pols demand funding and fixes for NYC public housing
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“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 MoreCouncil’s public housing chair calls for more NYCHA funding in state budget
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“Decades of underfunding is the reason that NYCHA is currently in a state of crisis.”
Read MoreNo new cash for NYCHA in Cuomo’s executive budget
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“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 More‘Even NYCHA is fixable’: Public housing chief addresses challenges ahead
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Residents at NYCHA developments continue to face unannounced heat and hot water outages, mold blooms and pest infestations.
Read MoreMayor pledges to restore shuttered South Jamaica community center
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The community center closed in 2008 after 20 years of operation, due to NYCHA budget cuts.
Read MoreTenants’ rights coalition announces 2020 legislative priorities
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The 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.
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