Sentences with phrase «public housing residents»

The program is a response to statistics showing that the city's lowest credit scores tend to be in areas with large black or Hispanic populations and large amounts of public housing residents.
Last week, the governor pledged not to sign any budget that does not include sufficient and immediate remedies for public housing residents.
Then last week a state judge hearing a lawsuit by public housing residents ordered the agency to conduct thousands of missed lead inspections within 90 days.
In the same vein, he is working on the link between residential environment and well - being of public housing residents, using participatory research methods.
Mayor Bill de Blasio says public housing residents deserve the «very best living standard» with which the city can provide them «with the money we have» amid criticism over the failure of New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) boilers and heating systems.
For years public housing residents in New York City felt abandoned.
But Thompson said many public housing residents live near the 91st Street site and oppose it.
«There's uncertainty about what the state of those centers is going to be,» said Mr. Torres, a native of public housing, claiming many public housing residents have complained of their dealings with private contractors.
«His absence from New York City symbolizes, to me, the absence of management of public housing and the neglect of public housing residents as second - class residents and second - class New Yorkers,» Torres said.
Also at 11 a.m., rapper Ja Rule alongside NYC Council members Alicka Ampry - Samuel and Ritchie Torres, electeds, and public housing residents from across NYC, will hold a press conference and rally to call for more investment and immediate renovations to NYCHA's failing heating systems and to #TurnUpTheHeat, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
The former NYPD officer convicted of manslaughter for shooting an unarmed public housing resident as he entered a darkened stairwell in Brooklyn in 2014 does not pose a threat to the public and should not be sentenced to prison, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, who prosecuted him.
LOWER EAST SIDE — Most public housing residents on the Lower East Side said they do not feel protected from trespassers in their home, a new report revealed Thursday.
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.
De Blasio insisted NYCHA was doing the best it could to tackle the heating system breakdowns, but public housing residents at 13 developments deluged the public advocate's office with no - heat complaints.
According to The New York Times, the de Blasio administration and NYCHA chief Shola Olatoye are planning to stare down the city's estimated 400,000 public housing residents over one of their chief perks: $ 10 reserved parking spots.
«Sal stands against the transfer station because it would hurt the neighborhood, hurt public housing residents, and hurt kids from around the city who play at Asphalt Green,» an Albanese spokesman told DNAinfo New York.
«This is a pattern we've seen in the state of New York, and under this governor, where there's a lot of talk about helping public housing residents, but we don't see real resources,» the mayor said on WNYC radio.
While NYCHA is getting better at handling maintenance issues, the senator said, public housing residents still must wait too long for critical repairs and upgrades.
«New York City public housing residents deserve to live in clean, safe homes, and I have been proud to work towards a reinvestment in the New York City Housing Authority» the senator said.
«It's where police officers lived in public housing, they build strong relationships with public housing residents and crime went down dramatically.»
NYCHA PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON HOUSES RALLY TO TELL NYCHA BOARD MEMBER MARGARITA LOPEZ — DO NOT D Saturday February 25, 2012 at 07:11 pm
Though the mayor didn't mention the recent various woes of the New York City Housing Authority, he made a point of saying that his administration is focused on the «400,000 public housing residents who have not gotten a fair shake in a long time.»
NYCHA has recently been plagued by a lead paint scandal, as well as problems with heating systems and boilers that left public housing residents without heat or hot water on some of the coldest days of the winter.
The stop would also serve an economically diverse population, including public housing residents, who have traditionally been underserved by public transit, officials said.
CVH's work includes organizing campaigns with public assistance recipients and public housing residents fighting for their communities through campaigns on job creation, public investment, fair taxation, and more.
The cost to the city, according to the comptroller, was $ 475,000 — and the lost wages to public housing residents topped $ 184,000.
The governor needs to step up and allocate significant funds to address the over $ 70 million in backlog of repairs to allow public housing residents to live in dignity.
A day after a Brooklyn jury convicted NYPD Officer Peter Liang of manslaughter in the killing of public housing resident Akai Gurley, Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the kind of routine stairwell search that precipitated the 28 - year - old unarmed man's death in 2014.
Even if funds were available, neighbors Monday complained the apartments still may not be affordable to public housing residents under Higgins» plan.
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Stringer announced the roll - out of a new refrigerated veggie van service that will deliver fresh produce to seniors and public housing residents in Upper Manhattan.
Rapper Ja Rule joined local elected officials and public housing residents from across NYC at a rally Tuesday to call for investment and immediate renovations to NYCHA's failing heating systems.
Fixing the management issues at the authority falls on Mr. de Blasio, yet Mr. Cuomo could make it easier for the authority to buy and install things such as boilers that would improve life for public housing residents, Mr. Torres said.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is asking Congress to raise the rent paid by public housing residents to 35 percent of income from the current 30 percent.
«But many public housing residents are worried by the violence they've seen where they live.
Providing artists with affordable spaces while offering arts programming to underserved populations like the homeless and public housing residents as well as the youth, senior and immigrant populations that frequent libraries, would be a win - win.
That was the message of public housing residents, community groups and elected officials who rallied at City Hall on Thurs., Jan. 29 to campaign for increased city and state funding for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) properties.
Barber said that public housing residents are tired of living in decrepit conditions and are banding together to fight for improvements through efforts like the recent lawsuit filed by CCOP and At - Risk Community Services.
«Every public housing resident deserves to live in habitable housing that provides them with respect and dignity,» said City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who helped conduct an oversight hearing of NYCHA at the Council.
«Every public housing resident deserves to live with respect,» said Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
Menchaca emphasized the importance of input from all residents, especially the diverse community of public housing residents.
More than 320,000 public housing residents — or a staggering 80 % — lost their heat or hot water at some point this winter, the Daily News has learned.
The depth of participation among budget delegates, particularly youth and public housing residents, was something that really moved me, and makes me very excited to implement PB in San Juan.
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