The Spanish language flyer that is at the heart of the protest lists the election date as Jan. 3, instead of Jan. 2. NYCHA Election Fight, Round Three The insurgent candidate for tenant association president of the Elliott-Chelsea houses told the New York City Housing Authority... News 16 Jan 2025 | 06:01
Renee Keitt defeated Darlene Waters by four votes in a race for president of the Elliott-Chelsea Houses that the Adams administration hopes to tear down and rebuild. Keitt opposes the plan. Protest Looms after Tenant Leader Who Opposes City’s $1.9B Plan for Chelsea NYCHA Houses Appears to Oust Incumbent An opponent of the city’s plan to tear down a large, low-income housing development in Chelsea and rebuild it as a mix of... News 06 Jan 2025 | 03:17
The Department of Justice arrested 70 people and charged them in a “pay to play” bribery scandal whereby contractors making repairs in the sprawling network of public housing across the city were forced to pay kickbacks to NYCHA officials who doled out the repair contracts. Photo: Wikimedia Commons 70 Arrests in NYCHA Bribery Sting Operation by Feds NEW YORK (AP)—The largest public housing authority in the nation was infested by a “classic pay-to-play” culture of corruption... News 09 Feb 2024 | 12:36
Damp, bubbling paint and mold on an apartment wall and ceiling in Holmes Towers. ( Photo: Courtesy of Saundrea Coleman) 'It's Not Safe to Live Like This' A group of Upper East Side residents are fed up with living in buildings filled with rats, broken doors and elevators, and... News 27 Jan 2020 | 12:47
