At the Holmes Towers on the Upper East Side, La Keesha Taylor has formed a coalition to keep the elevators running, the heat working and the rodents at bay.
Tag: Housing Authority (NYC)
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New York City Estimates More Homeless and Unsheltered People
The significance of the new numbers can be hard to discern, because city officials used different methods to tally a subpopulation during the pandemic.
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Adams Announces Plan to Fix New York City’s Growing Housing Crisis
Mayor Eric Adams laid out a blueprint to increase homeownership, reduce street homelessness and improve public housing. But housing groups say his budget, $1 billion short of what he had promised, will not be enough.
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New York Lawmakers Embrace New Funding Plan to Rescue Public Housing
The city’s public housing system, the largest in the nation, has become an emblem of disinvestment and deterioration. But a new deal could lead to needed repairs in 25,000 apartments.
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Entrepreneurship Is Alive in N.Y. Public Housing. Will the City Step Up?
A new report urges officials to support New York City’s most vulnerable business owners, at a time when jobs lost to the pandemic may take years to return.