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NYC Public Housing Tenants Impacted By Sandy To Get Break In Rent
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Tenants in public housing in New York City who were affected by Superstorm Sandy will get some help with their rent. New York City Housing Authority Vice Chair Emily Youssouf...
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Brooklyn’s Largest Housing Project Remains Without Heat, Power
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Residents of Brooklyn’s largest public housing complex are still living without heat and power two weeks after superstorm Sandy socked the Tri-State Area. Last week, the...
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Some New York City Residents Left Without Heat In Bitter Cold
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The mercury has dropped into the teens, and the wind chill has made it feel like a mere 5 degrees, and some New York City residents can’t even find relief in their own homes. As...
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Bloomberg Vows To Reduce Backlog Of Public Housing Repair Requests
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to dramatically cut into the backlog of nearly half a million repair jobs in city-owned buildings by the end of the year. Bloomberg announced...
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NYCHA Will Ease Stance On Released Cons With New Program
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — More than 400,000 people live in New York City public housing. Now, some of them might be recently released prisoners. New York is one of the first cities to allow ex-cons to...
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NYPD: Youth Homicides Down By Half Under ‘Operation Crew Cut’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An effort launched by the NYPD a year ago to crack down on youth killings has succeeded in saving lives, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced Monday. As WCBS 880’s Irene...
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NYC Agrees To Remove Mold, Fix Leaks In Public Housing More Quickly
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – New York City has agreed to deal more thoroughly with the removal of mold in public housing. The New York Times reports that it’s part of an agreement by the Bloomberg...
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Suspect Charged In Murder In Coney Island Public Housing Building
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of a man the day after Christmas in a public housing development in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Johnny...
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Protests Force De Blasio Announcement On Public Housing Repairs Inside
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – More than 100 New York City public housing buildings damaged by superstorm Sandy will be getting new, federally funded boilers, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Charles Schumer...
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Police: Suspect Beat Man With Hammer In LES Public Housing Apartment
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police were asking the public for help Tuesday in finding a suspect who they said struck another man multiple times in the head in a Lower East Side public housing apartment...
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Virginia Beach Man Charged In Fatal West Harlem Public Housing Shooting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Virginia Beach, Virginia man has been charged in a shooting that left a man dead in a West Harlem public housing development. At 2:41 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, Todd Wilson, 48,...
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City Council Looks Into Lighting And Safety In Wake Of Akai Gurley Death
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The New York City Council Committee on Public Housing held a hearing Tuesday in response to the death of Akai Gurley, the unarmed man fatally shot by police in a Brooklyn...
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2 Stabbed In Front Of Williamsburg Public Housing Building
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Two young men were stabbed Tuesday evening in outside a public housing building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Police around 6:15 p.m. said a 21-year-old man was stabbed in the...
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Officials: Passaic Teen Arrested In Drug Bust Had Over $100,000 Stashed In Home
PASSAIC, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Police have arrested a New Jersey teenager who they said was selling drugs and had more than $100,000 in cash inside his home. Caught on surveillance video kissing a wad of...
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Feds Propose Total Smoking Ban In Public Housing Nationwide
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Smoking could soon be banned in the nation’s public housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a rule Thursday to require the more than 3,100 public...
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Feds Investigating Elevated Blood Lead Levels In NYC Public Housing, Shelters
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Federal prosecutors are investigating health and safety conditions including lead paint in New York City homeless shelters and public housing developments. The probe by the...
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New Rule Bans Smoking In Public Housing Nationwide
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Obama administration has announced a final rule prohibiting smoking in public housing developments nationwide. The Department of Housing and Urban Development says more...
View ArticleCynthia Nixon Calls NYCHA Conditions ‘Devastating’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — “Sex and the City” star and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon toured a New York City public housing apartment building Wednesday, calling the conditions “devastating.”...
View ArticleNYCHA Tenants Call On Mayor De Blasio For More Funding To Fix Unsafe,...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City public housing tenants have launched a campaign to pressure the mayor to come up with more funding to fix the unsafe, unsanitary conditions in complexes across the...
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Mayor De Blasio Announces NYCHA Plan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday a public-private partnership that he says will bring repairs to 62,000 NYCHA apartments. The plan would address nearly $13...
View ArticleNYCHA Hit With Subpoena, Accused Of ‘Stonewalling’ Audit Into City Heating...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is putting NYCHA’s feet to the fire, alleging the city housing agency is stonewalling efforts to investigate why so many residents have...
View ArticleNYCHA Tenants Forced To Get Water From Hydrant After Pump Fails In The Bronx
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Public housing residents at the Patterson Houses in the Bronx were forced to get their water from a fire hydrant Sunday night. They were left without running water because of...
View ArticleFederal Monitor Finds NYCHA Broke Promises To Clean Up Rats, Mold And Lead Paint
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A federal monitor issued a damning report on the state of New York City’s public housing system. The report says the city has not kept promises to fix a vast array of problems,...
View ArticleNYCHA Advocates Rip Gov. Cuomo At Rally For Not Putting Money For Public...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Angry housing advocates slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, charging he dissed them by not including funds for public housing in his budget. They want billions more for the New...
View ArticleFamily Points Finger At NYCHA After Bronx Woman Falls Down Stairs And Later Dies
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Bronx woman who was left in a coma after falling down the stairs at her New York City Housing Authority building has died. Eleanor Dowe’s family said she had to take the...
View ArticleRecent NYCHA Deaths Renew Calls For Safety: ‘A Failure At Every Level Of...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There are pleas for the city and state to step in after a number of deaths and injuries at New York City Housing Authority buildings. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams held a...
View ArticleNYCHA Residents Accounted For Disproportionate Number Of COVID Deaths From...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Newly released COVID-19 data shows troubling numbers for residents of the New York City Housing Authority. As CBS2’s Dave Carlin reported Wednesday, some city leaders say the...
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