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The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America. Created in 1934 as the first agency of its kind in the United States, it aims to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers ...
In 1934, under the authority of the NYS Public Housing Law, the NYCHA was established. Housing Authority developments quickly began to sprout up around the five boroughs of New York City. It didn't take long for the city to realize that these developments, some like little cities, provided unique policing challenges.
In 2014, Olatoye was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio as the chair and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). As chair and CEO she developed a 10-year turnaround plan called NextGeneration NYCHA (NextGen) and balanced the $3.1 billion operating budget for four years through help from the federal government upping its aid to the agency, hiking rents, removing ...
The current and former NYCHA employees, 66 of whom were arrested on Tuesday morning, according to Williams' office, are each 70 New York public housing employees took bribes from contractors, US ...
When the houses initially began seeking applicants, World War II veterans received priority. [ 4 ] From 1947 to 1953, the playground at the St. Nicholas Houses on 128th Street and Seventh Avenue was the site of the Ruckers tournament until it was moved to a larger playground on 130th Street in 1954. [ 7 ]
The New York City Housing Authority took a step Friday toward unleashing a stream of funding for repairs to some 25,000 units, opening public comment on a proposal to allow developments to vote on ...
A veteran NYCHA caretaker wasn’t taking care of business while on the job. Steven Maestre, 32, of the Bronx, was charged with collecting nearly $6,000 in pay while hanging out at home during his ...
The Jacob Riis Houses are a public housing project managed by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the East Village in New York City. The project is located between Avenue D and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, spanning two superblocks from 6th Street to 13th Street. The project consists of thirteen buildings, between six and 14 ...