Sentences with phrase «public housing tenants»

A staggering 80 % of public housing tenants lost heat or hot water this winter.

For the first time, remote Indigenous citizens will have access to mainstream housing arrangements that public housing tenants in cities and towns take for granted.

He says he won't sign the state budget unless it includes «real and immediate remedies» for public housing tenants.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson says the changes are necessary to revamp an archaic system that discourages public housing tenants from seeking better paying jobs.

There's been a year - over-year increase in the number of public housing tenants suing the New York City Housing Authority for delayed repairs, New York World reported.

The monitor will be picked by the City Council and public housing tenant leaders in consultation with Mayor de Blasio.

LawHelpNY is proud to announce a new series of resources designed to help public housing tenants in New York City successfully get repairs from NYCHA, the city's public housing authority.

«We went to NYCHA and said «these contractors aren't doing what they're supposed to,» said Mr. Stringer, surrounded by public housing tenants.

The state health department will open an investigation into what impact NYCHA's lead paint failures have had on public housing tenants in southern Queens.

NEW YORK — Public housing tenants fed up with conditions inside their homes rallied and marched during Holy Week just across from City hall.

The mayors office continues to place blame on the state funding saying, «Public housing tenants deserve that (state) funding to be quickly applied to NYCHA's most pressing needs.

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.

Furious over the de Blasio administration's market rate apartment plans for New York City Housing Authority properties, about 140 public housing tenants created a...

PILLARS, a Harlem - based holistic recovery center, is partnering with Safe in Harlem, the New York Police Department (NYPD), ThriveNYC, the Army National Guard Counter-Drug Task Force and the office of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer to educate public housing tenants that marijuana smoking can be harmful to fetal development.

The plan will also ease the burden on NYCHA's books by dissolving the authority's call center and have public housing tenants address their complaints to the general city help line, 311 or to a new MyNYCHA phone app, and move 1,000 office employees off the authority's payroll and onto those of city agencies.

Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo played political hardball of his own at the Bronx's Forest Houses, where he positioned himself as the real protector of low - income public housing tenants.

Public housing tenants across the city — faced with a double - digit spike in shootings — say it boggles the mind.

Another big issue for public housing tenants throughout the Lower East Side is NextGeneration NYCHA, which calls for building new mixed - income housing alongside existing residential towers.

In more than a dozen interviews with The Daily Orange, public housing tenants living by I - 81 in the low - income, majority black East Adams Street neighborhood expressed increasing frustration and anxiety with what several called an unnecessary delay of the interstate's replacement project.

NYCHA officials said public housing tenants would gain from this deal, receiving upgraded security systems, new construction jobs and jobs in the new developments.

Previously, Mark has worked with public housing tenant organizations in Atlanta and New Haven and helped establish small business lending programs in Chicago.

Kevin also maintains a diverse pro bono practice at Foley Hoag, including helping victims of domestic and sexual violence to obtain restraining orders against their abusers, representing public housing tenants facing eviction, and representing individuals in deportation proceedings.

The Legal Aid Society has also threatened to sue NYCHA unless the agency provides up to $ 15 million in rent refunds to public housing tenants who lost heat during this winter's severe cold temperatures.

Marvin Scott speaks to PIX11 News» Monica Morales, who has been out in front of an effort to get help for public housing tenants.

There's been a year - over-year increase in the number of public housing tenants suing the New York City Housing Authority for delayed repairs, New York...

The monitor will be picked in consultation with the City Council and public housing tenant leaders — but not with any input from Mayor de Blasio.

While thousands of public housing tenants were told last year that lead paint inspections were necessary, the city did not disclose the reason: It had stopped doing the required tests four years earlier.

She was also grilled over the cold this winter, as four out of five public housing tenants in the city lost heat or hot water as aging boilers broke down.

While Chicago's public housing tenants have extraordinarily high rates of welfare recipiency (92 percent in Robert Taylor receive either public assistance or a benefit such as disability or Social Security), few of New York's tenants are on welfare.»

Public housing tenants are much more likely than renters in other sectors to struggle to get repair and maintenance done.

After hearing from both the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority administration and its management company, Common Council members are no closer to understanding how some public housing tenants were left without heat and hot water in the middle of winter.

The suit was filed in April on behalf of two tenants who say they went without heat during a particularly frigid winter, but Legal Aid is looking to represent any of the approximately 323,000 public housing tenants who were in similar predicaments at some point over the winter.

«There is nobody more poorly served by the federal government than public housing tenants,» argued Torres.

«I was thrilled to see such a diverse range of residents in my district participating in the process this year including formerly incarcerated youth, public housing tenants, and members of our immigrant community,» said Council Member Melissa Mark - Viverito.

The day unfolded as a series of public declarations from the governor and Mayor de Blasio presenting alternative narratives about who was doing the most for public housing tenants.

After three decades of Andrew Cuomo's political involvement in New York City, we do welcome his new interest in helping our city's public housing tenants.»

In this neighborhood, Mendez was seen during her three terms as a strong advocate for public housing tenants and for affordable housing in a rapidly gentrifying community.

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 apartments.

«Governor Cuomo's obsession with Mayor de Blasio is great when it means the governor lives up to his promises to public housing tenants,» he added.

«The city has been working on a plan to not only do that, but to increase employment opportunities for low - income residents and public housing tenants.»

Ms. Olatoye has recently faced hostile receptions from public housing tenants, many angry about misconduct by their neighbors, long waits for repairs and poor clean - up and ground maintenance.

«From those who are living in poverty, to workforce housing, to market - rate housing to upper - income housing, that kind of mix is critically important to having a healthy and vibrant city and we can not have that if we make housing unaffordable for low - income residents and public housing tenants,» Brown said.

Both have spent most of their adult lives advocating for the rights of the poor in East St. Louis, particularly for the rights of public housing tenants.

In return, Indigenous tenants — like all public housing tenants — will be expected to pay rent on time, to cover the cost of any damage and to not disturb the peace of their neighbours.