Public Housing

How These NYC Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism

Jan. 11, 2023, 6:00 a.m.Jan. 15, 2023, 11:06 a.m.

Over generations, residents of the Cooper Park Houses in Brooklyn have created a blueprint for successful housing organizing.

Environment

Public Housing Tenants Struggle Against the ‘Slow Violence’ of Industrial Pollution

Jan. 9, 2023, 6:00 a.m.Jan. 15, 2023, 11:03 a.m.

NYCHA residents in Brooklyn say their debilitating health problems are caused by industrial pollution — but it’s nearly impossible to prove.

Public Housing

NYCHA Residents Stunned By Secret Water Retesting After Years of Inspections by Firm That Retracted Arsenic Results

Oct. 30, 2022, 7:00 p.m.Oct. 30, 2022, 8:46 a.m.

The lab responsible for Riis Houses chaos handled Legionnaires’ disease testing at 11 public housing complexes. All of its work is now getting reexamined — with no notice to tenants.

Health

New Yorkers: Tell Us About Your Tap Water

Sept. 19, 2022, 4:54 p.m.Sept. 19, 2022, 4:56 p.m.

Help us understand how best to report on this issue. If you’ve had past or ongoing questions about your tap water, please fill out this form.

NYCHA

Amid Arsenic Scandal, NYCHA Chief Downshifts Role but Keeps Hefty Pay

Sept. 15, 2022, 3:38 p.m.Sept. 15, 2022, 7:29 p.m.

Gregory Russ will step down as CEO, Mayor Eric Adams announced, while remaining the public housing authority chair at a $258,000 salary. Now-retracted tests that showed arsenic in drinking water is just the latest scandal Russ faced.

NYCHA

Tenants and Critics Demand Answers as City Hall Says Test Showing Arsenic in the Water at the Jacob Riis Houses Was a ‘False Reading’

Sept. 9, 2022, 11:15 p.m.Sept. 10, 2022, 8:18 a.m.

NYCHA and the city still haven’t explained when they first became concerned about potential contamination, or why it took three days for the results to be made public.

NYCHA

Arsenic-Free NYCHA Water Test Results Came After Taps Flushed for Hours

Sept. 8, 2022, 9:06 p.m.Sept. 9, 2022, 9:33 a.m.

Mayor Eric Adams maintains that results showing arsenic in the drinking water at Manhattan’s Riis houses were “questionable” — while not revealing that new clean results come from taps that had been flowing for an extended time first.

NYCHA

Investigators Advised NYCHA Three Years Ago to Ban E-bikes. 25 Related Fires Later, It’s Finally Taking Action.

July 11, 2022, 6:18 p.m.April 3, 2025, 2:19 p.m.

NYCHA declined to answer THE CITY’s questions about why it took so long to respond to the Department of Investigation’s suggestion.

Public Housing

NYCHA Rescue Trust Approved by State Lawmakers

June 2, 2022, 2:58 p.m.June 2, 2022, 3:29 p.m.

Measure sought by Mayor Eric Adams and his public housing authority chair will enable refinancing to help fund desperately needed repairs for 25,000 apartments.

Public Housing

Tenants Warn They’re Expendable in NYCHA Restructuring Bill

May 26, 2022, 6:52 p.m.May 26, 2022, 6:52 p.m.

Albany lawmakers are poised to approve a long-sought Preservation Trust to enable new investment in dilapidated housing projects — and Mayor Eric Adams says residents will have a say. The fine print is less clear.

Public Housing

How These NYC Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism

Public Housing Tenants Struggle Against the ‘Slow Violence’ of Industrial Pollution

NYCHA Residents Stunned By Secret Water Retesting After Years of Inspections by Firm That Retracted Arsenic Results

New Yorkers: Tell Us About Your Tap Water

Amid Arsenic Scandal, NYCHA Chief Downshifts Role but Keeps Hefty Pay

Tenants and Critics Demand Answers as City Hall Says Test Showing Arsenic in the Water at the Jacob Riis Houses Was a ‘False Reading’

Arsenic-Free NYCHA Water Test Results Came After Taps Flushed for Hours

Investigators Advised NYCHA Three Years Ago to Ban E-bikes. 25 Related Fires Later, It’s Finally Taking Action.

NYCHA Rescue Trust Approved by State Lawmakers

Tenants Warn They’re Expendable in NYCHA Restructuring Bill

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