As the exhibition explains, the council was granted new powers to direct local development in 1963, and its new department was led by a London County Council architect, Edward Hollamby, giving them a significant advantage when planning large estates. He was more interested in Scandinavian style modernism than the British New Brutalism exemplified elsewhere, and despite what you might see if you travel through the area, was more interested in low-rise developments instead of tall blocks.
According to Gothamist, a woman living in the Cypress Hill public housing complex in Brooklyn was relieved of more than $200,000 worth of money and jewelry after two men posed as NYCHA employees and entered her home at gunpoint to commit the robbery on Aug. 11. How they knew this particular person was balling while living in the projects is anyone's guess, but they definitely hit a sweet lick as they made off with $7,000 in cash and roughly $200,000 in jewelry.
The residents living near the planned construction sites have faced confusion and fear due to poor communication about timing and logistics concerning their housing situations.
Sherry Richards, 25, was one of the young voters. She lives in the Queensbridge houses, the city's largest public housing development. She didn't vote in the 2021 primary, but voted in last year's presidential election and for Mamdani last month because of his focus on making New York more livable.
Reform UK's Lee Anderson criticized the plans, stating, "Decent Britons work hard every day—paying high taxes... They should not have to worry about groups of unidentified, fighting-age males roaming the streets in their communities."
After years of broken promises, shameful mismanagement, and questionable expenditures—including multiple Corrective Action Plan findings by HUD and a Federal law enforcement raid—it is clear that MHA has lost both my and the public's trust.
At a city hearing on Monday, the two firms were accused by tenants at the Alice Griffith apartments of vermin infestations, filth, broken elevators and ignoring their complaints of all of the above.
