NYCHA could have applied in January 2024 to end the deal but would have had to show it’s in compliance on promised building upgrades that are nowhere near complete.
Bart Schwartz
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Gillibrand and Velázquez Demand NYCHA Clear the Air in Apartments Ahead of COVID-19 Second Wave
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Nydia Velázquez demanded Monday that NYCHA conduct an air quality study in the thousands of public housing apartments that rely on aging and ailing ventilation systems. A letter from the two Democrats to NYCHA Chair Gregory Russ cited THE CITY’s reporting on concerns that the inadequate air flow […]
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NYCHA Monitor, Mold Protections Vanish for Tenants Under Private Management
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Tawana Myers lives in a 10th-floor public housing apartment with her Yorkie, Casey, a row of silver oxygen tanks, a “No Smoking” sign on her door and a nebulizer with a mask in case […]
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City Hall Ignores Comptroller’s Rejection of NYCHA Monitor Bill
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. The mayor’s office on Thursday refused to turn over invoices from the Housing Authority’s new monitor to the city’s top fiscal watchdog after he raised questions about millions of taxpayers dollars spent so far. […]
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Stringer Bounces NYCHA’s $12 Million Federal Monitor Deal
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. The city’s fiscal watchdog has rejected a $12 million contract with the Housing Authority’s independent monitor — demanding City Hall provide a better explanation for what all that taxpayer money is funding. Comptroller Scott […]
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HUD Secretary Carson Claims Fewer ‘Horrible Things’ in NYC Public Housing
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Nearly a year after signing off on federal oversight of New York’s ailing public housing system, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Benjamin Carson declared he’s hearing less “horrible things” about NYCHA. Carson argued […]
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NYCHA Monitor’s $12 Million Budget Includes His $600-an-Hour Pay
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. The cost of reform is steep: NYCHA’s new federal monitor has inked a deal that will cost city taxpayers at least $60 million over the next five years — including nearly $600 an hour […]
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Public Housing Workers Tried to Fool the Feds on Building Repairs
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. When prosecutors last year charged NYCHA with hiding scandalous conditions in many of its 174,000 apartments, they highlighted some of the most blatant tactics used to fool federal inspectors. Before investigators with the Department […]
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Cold Truth for NYCHA Tenants: No New State-Funded Boilers for Four Years or More
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. With winter approaching, the federal monitor overseeing the New York City Housing Authority gave preliminary approval last Wednesday to spend a $450 million pile of backlogged state funds, including $363 million to upgrade obsolete […]
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‘Shoddy Work’ by No-Bid Contractors Now a Target for NYCHA’s Federal Monitor
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. The federal monitor overseeing the New York City Housing Authority is targeting the agency’s expensive habit of awarding millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to select contractors who are subject to almost no oversight. […]