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Trump’s Budget Takes A ‘Meat Axe’ To Affordable Housing Budget From Harlem To Hollis

Still grappling with the implications of record cuts to federal public housing funding for 2017, NYCHA Chair Shola Olatoye joined Senator Chuck Schumer outside the Elliot Houses in Chelsea on Tuesday to predict the impact of additional multi-million dollar cuts laid out in President Donald Trump's draft "skinny budget" for Fiscal Year 2018.Continue reading

NYCHA Embraces Private Development To Fight ‘Financial Death Spiral’

In the face of at least $35 million in federal funding cuts for 2017—what Bronx Council Member Ritchie Torres described Monday as a "financial death spiral"—New York City Housing Authority Chair Shola Olatoye insisted that NYCHA now has no choice but to fully embrace NextGeneration Neighborhoods.Continue reading

Wagner Houses Residents Say No Heat In Their Harlem Building

Inside Jessica Gonzalez's apartment at the Wagner Houses, abuela is shivering huddled under a mass of blankets.Continue reading

How A Block Of Abandoned Harlem Buildings Were Transformed Into Affordable Housing

New York Yimby reports that a decade ago, the New York City Housing Authority emptied out 22 decaying tenement buildings on the south side of 114th Street in central Harlem, sending residents to public housing elsewhere in the city.Continue reading

City’s East Harlem Plan Would Allow Retail Development On NYCHA Properties

The de Blasio administration's plan to rezone East Harlem would allow nearly half-a-million square feet of retail to be developed in three public-housing complexes, city documents show.Continue reading

Rosa And Others Receive Generosity At 5K Run/Walk Riverside Park In Harlem

Rosa and her family were shown Generosity NYC in a multi-charity 5K Run/Walk that took place on Sunday, November 13th, 2016 in New York City's Riverside Park at 104th Street in Harlem, NY.Continue reading

Thousands Of NYCHA Tenants From Harlem To Hollis Struggle Without Gas

The Daily News reported last week that over 400 apartments at the Ulysses S. Grant Houses in Harlem have been without gas since August 2016 — and service won’t be restored until early November 2016.Continue reading

Child Injured When Car Crashes Into Scaffolding In Harlem

A child was injured and several others were hurt, when a livery car crashed into scaffolding in Harlem, New York.Continue reading

Op-ed: Free, Healthy, Summer Meals For NYC Children From Harlem To Hollis

By NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña

No child should ever have to go without a meal. That’s why the DOE is, once again, offering completely free, nutritious breakfasts and lunches to anyone 18 years or younger in New York City all summer long. Continue reading

Saint Nicholas Houses Youth Artists Dedicate Mural In Harlem

Groundswell, the Office of Council Member Ritchie Torres, and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) will unveil the first two murals of a series of three at the Saint Nicholas Houses today Thursday, June 23 at 4:00 PM EST, as part of a major one-year initiative entitled “Public Art / Public Housing.”Continue reading

NYCHA Environmental Ambassadors Teach NYCHA Residents To Recycle

As the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) rolls out recycling for more than 400,000 residents from Harlem to Hollis, GrowNYC is gearing up to train NYCHA residents to become Environmental Ambassadors who encourage their neighbors to participate in the NYCHA Recycles! program. Continue reading

Adriano Espaillat Responds State Takeover Of NYCHA Proposal

A quote from Senator Adriano Espaillat in response to new proposal for State takeover of NYCHA: This proposal brings new meaning to March Madness. Instead of playing political games with our public housing residents, let's bring funding and accountability to NYCHA.Continue reading

City Moves To Speed Evictions From NYCHA

The mayor is moving to tackle criminal activity in NYCHA developments from Harlem to Hollis.According to the Daily News, Mayor Bill de Blasio will institute policies to speed the eviction of of those with criminal records living at New York City Housing Authority complexes. Continue reading

Learn How to Stay Safe In The Harlem Heat

Heat related illness is serious in Harlem, but it can be prevented. Prolonged exposure to the heat and direct sunlight at a concert at summerstage or relaxing at Mount Morris Park can be very harmful, and in some cases, fatal. Continue reading

In Harlem Comptroller Stringer Announces Audit Of NYCHA Repairs

On Monday, July 13, 2015 at 1:00 PM, NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, hosted a brief press conference on the corner of 125th Street and Amsterdam in Harlem to announce that his audit will reveal tens of thousands of backlogged repairs from Harlem to Hollis at NYCHA.