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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 2014, tenants of the Clinton Houses sued NYCHA for negligence resulting in disrepair and public health hazards. [ 9 ] Sylvia Velazquez is currently serving as the Resident Association President for Clinton Houses, and is a member of the Manhattan North District Citywide Council of Presidents. [ 10 ]
[9] [6] The development is named after Fiorello H. LaGuardia, the 99th Mayor of New York City who created the New York City Housing Authority and, although he was a Republican and President Franklin D. Roosevelt was a Democrat, worked closely with President Roosevelt to gain federal funding for projects throughout New York City. [3]
Samuel Gompers Houses, also known as Gompers Houses, is a public housing development built and maintained by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on Pitt Street between Delancey and Stanton Streets. Gompers Houses is composed of two 20-story buildings with 474 apartments that house approximately 1,116 ...
The Gowanus Houses is a housing project of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), located between Douglass and Wyckoff Streets & Bond and Hoyt Streets in both the Gowanus and Boerum Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn. It sits on 12.57 acres (5.09 ha) of land, consisting of sixteen separate buildings.
Federal prosecutors charged 70 current and former employees of the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing agency in North America, on Tuesday with taking bribes in exchange ...
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 ...
NYCHA broke ground in December 1945 and were completed on July 15, 1947. Designed by William Lescaze , they were one of the first examples of high rise tower in the park style. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The Chelsea Houses were designed by architect Paul L. Wood [ 6 ] and construction started in 1961 and completed on May 31, 1964.