Sentences with phrase «public housing apartment»

Local firm Sim - plex (previously) renovated this 324 - square - foot public housing apartment unit, which doubles as a personal gallery for a client who collects ceramic and sculptural artwork.

On Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo was at the Taft houses in Harlem for his second visit to a New York City public housing apartment in just a week.

Police say a woman has been found shot to death with her hands bound inside a New York City public housing apartment.

Last year, a little boy was shot and killed on the floor above one of my student's public housing apartment.

More than 143,000, or 80 percent, of New York City's 175,000 public housing apartments have been without heat or hot water at times this winter, city officials said.

More than a month after New York City began offering free lead testing to nearly 3,000 children living in public housing apartments in the wake of a lead - paint scare, only 73 children have been tested under the initiative, city officials said.

Dennis, who works with the precinct serving New York City Housing Authority Developments throughout Queens, claimed residents of the borough's public housing apartments live in fear due to a spike in crime and what feels like a lacking relationship with police officers.

De Blasio announced the trip Monday — the same day he finally took questions on why the city failed, for years, to follow its own laws and federal rules requiring lead paint inspections of public housing apartments.

Moldering public housing apartments became a stand - in for failure, in the governor's telling, and Ms. Olatoye retreated from view.

In recent inspections of 4,200 public housing apartments with possible lead paint and tenants with a child under age 6, more than half were found to have damaged paint.

Not exact matches

Public housing in high - rise apartments is provided for nearly half the population.

At 10:30 a.m., Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will visit tenants at NYCHA's Albany Houses in Crown Heights with gubernatorial candidate and actress Cynthia Nixon, spotlighting chronic issues facing public housing in Brooklyn, a borough that is home to 99 developments with more than 58,000 apartments, 1414 Bergen St.

NYC public housing residents got some good news in the budget, including $ 250 million to upgrade apartments and a special procurement work - around to get the job done faster.

Also at 11 a.m., homeless New Yorkers and tenants from rent - regulated apartments and public housing in New York City hold a rally, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James has launched her own investigation into the Housing Authority's failure to perform required lead paint inspections of its aging apartments, bringing the number of probes into this issue to three.

«Liberty Gardens Apartments will provide more affordable family housing for Rome residents, redevelop a distressed public housing complex for the first time in its more than 60 - year history, and provide excellent community and recreation facilities for residents,» said Darryl C. Towns, Commissioner & CEO of New York State Homes & Community Renewal.

Along with Phase I — which was recently completed — Phase II is part of the three - phase revitalization of a 61 - year old public housing development that will produce a total of 180 affordable, energy - efficient apartments.

Rep. Brian Higgins encountered anger and frustration from some Commodore Perry public housing tenants when he held a press conference there to tout his idea of renovating rows of empty, rundown apartments into low - and moderate - income units — and perhaps some market - rate housing, as well.

While members of the not - for - profit have been regular critics of Paladino and his role on the Buffalo Public School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable hoPublic School Board, Washington said this particular protest concerned Ellicott Development's role in the «gentrification» of Buffalo by building luxury apartments with public funds that could be used for affordable hopublic funds that could be used for affordable housing.

She also cited a report from 2014 in which the city inspected 36 apartments of the 177,666 apartments in the public housing system, or less than 1 percent of units, and found one lead paint hazard.

The head of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), landlord to more than 400,000 New Yorkers and leader of more than 11,000 employees serving about 178,000 apartments in nearly 2,600 buildings, believes that the future of public housing in the city must be driven by the same type of innovation embodied in its earlyHousing Authority (NYCHA), landlord to more than 400,000 New Yorkers and leader of more than 11,000 employees serving about 178,000 apartments in nearly 2,600 buildings, believes that the future of public housing in the city must be driven by the same type of innovation embodied in its earlyhousing in the city must be driven by the same type of innovation embodied in its early years.

Mr. de Blasio called the need for increased public housing funding «urgent,» pointing out that NYCHA is the city's largest landlord, managing 178,000 apartments in 344 developments.

Rangel, who will now embark on a 21st term, had counted on the loyalty of the Harlem community as he faces a public trial for allegedly failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the Dominican Republic, keeping multiple rent - stabilized apartments and conducting improper fundraising, among other House ethics charges.

Roughly 5,000 apartments become available each year inside developments run by the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing agency in the Housing Authority, the largest public housing agency in the housing agency in the nation.

The group estimates that if elderly tenants living alone in large NYCHA apartments move into the new homes, some 50,000 could move into their public housing spots.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration plans to dedicate 750 apartments a year in public housing to homeless families, officials said Tuesday, a number that council members and advocates say isn't enough to address record levels of homelessness.

The head of the NYC Council's Public Housing Committee, Bronx Councilman Richie Torres, will propose a new law requiring NYCHA to clean up all apartments with lead paint instead of waiting for tenants to move out.

De Blasio's administration plans to dedicate 750 apartments a year in public housing to homeless families — a number that Council members and advocates say isn't enough to address record levels of homelessness.

Public Advocate Letitia James has launched her own investigation into the Housing Authority's failure to perform required lead paint inspections of its aging apartments.

Under the plan, the city would use public financing to help nonprofits buy roughly a third of the apartments currently used for the homeless, and then convert the apartments into affordable units, helping the mayor fulfill two goals: lowering homelessness and adding to the city's affordable housing stock.

In addition to supporting the legislation in the current Council session for accessible ferries and taxis, Gerson introduced a housing preservation measure for Section 8 and public housing tenants so that they can have the right of first refusal to buy their apartments if they go on the market, and is gearing up to introduce «grab - bar» legislation so that seniors and people with disabilities can have accessible, safe bathrooms in their residences.

The program would raise revenue for repairs and capital projects by permitting building of market - rate apartments on the grounds of eight different public housing projects in Manhattan.

NYCHA tenants who are leaders of Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and New York City Councilmembers launched an inspection tour of NYCHA properties citywide to highlight dangerous conditions in homes and apartment buildings inside public housing.

The governor — who last week toured a squalid, insect - infested public - housing apartment in The Bronx — implicitly ripped de Blasio's oversight of NYCHA.

NEW YORK — Public Advocate Letitia James called for a change in leadership at the city's Housing Authority just days after a report emerged showing the agency failed to inspect for lead in paint at thousands of apartments.

«It's a public subsidy to build houses and apartments in New York City,» said Ryan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to curb homelessness in New York City is exacerbating the housing crisis, according to New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, who is calling on the mayor to stop allowing landlords of rent - stabilized apartments to turn their buildings into homeless shelters.

For more than a year, Mayor de Blasio concealed from the public and 400,000 public housing tenants, the city Housing Authority's failure to perform legally mandated lead - paint inspections in thousands of aparhousing tenants, the city Housing Authority's failure to perform legally mandated lead - paint inspections in thousands of aparHousing Authority's failure to perform legally mandated lead - paint inspections in thousands of apartments.

The Brooklyn family displaced by a ceiling collapse in their public - housing apartment has yet to find a new home nearly a month after Mayor de Blasio publicly promised them «help...

ALBANY — State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reached deals with three major real estate firms to stop what he claimed was the illegal denial of apartments to people on public housing assistance, the Daily News has learned.

In August 2012, NYCHA suspended annual general inspections of apartments when a new HUD rule loosened a requirement that public housing authorities conduct yearly inspections of every apartment, according to a NYCHA fact sheet released by the de Blasio administration on Monday morning.

Hawkins was joined by former residents at the site of the former 400 - unit Kennedy Square low - income public housing on S. Crouse Ave.. The site is now a staging area for parking, equipment, and materials for construction workers who were busy as Hawkins spoke building upscale apartments across E. Fayette St. for the Syracuse University community with rents ranging from $ 1,400 to $ 2,500 a month.

The embattled head of New York City's Housing Authority, the nation's largest system of public housing stock, is resigning amid increasing public scrutiny of her tenure and twin crises over lead paint and a lack of heat in city - run aparHousing Authority, the nation's largest system of public housing stock, is resigning amid increasing public scrutiny of her tenure and twin crises over lead paint and a lack of heat in city - run aparhousing stock, is resigning amid increasing public scrutiny of her tenure and twin crises over lead paint and a lack of heat in city - run apartments.

Even if funds were available, neighbors Monday complained the apartments still may not be affordable to public housing residents under Higgins» plan.

«With thousands of families on the waiting list for public housing and residents with critical pending transfer needs, managing and turning over our vacant apartments effectively and efficiently is vital to our operations,» a spokeswoman said.

Here is my attempt at explaining the set - up: She and her husband agreed to get a «fake» divorce so that they could obtain a better apartment through public housing distribution.

One moment, it's musty farce, with Bif as the hippie and Sandra as the impossible conservative snob, living together in a messy apartment in public housing.

She turned it back in and recently moved with her son out of the apartment where she was staying with her ex-husband and into a public housing complex in Dallas.

Charles then retired with a defined - benefit federal pension to a Florida apartment near the beach — an option unlikely for public - housing residents as we now know them.