#public-housing

#public-housing

A stranger told a 12-year-old girl "I'm going to violate you," and raped her in a heinous attack in the stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing building Thursday, cops and sources said. The predator approached the preteen around 5:45 p.m. in the stairwell of the Cooper Houses building on Morgan Avenue near Jackson Street in Williamsburg, according to authorities and sources.

The ongoing federal shutdown is threatening jobs, benefits and social programs for millions of Americans, and if it lasts another month, it could put funding for public housing in jeopardy, too. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, commonly known as HUD, will likely run out of money that directly funds public housing authorities under the Section 9 program after November payments are issued unless lawmakers approve a continuing spending plan, an agency spokesperson told Gothamist.

A judge on Wednesday said he likely will deny a requested injunction opposing the demolition of Fulton, Elliott-Chelsea housing, not based on arguments, but because it relies heavily on generative AI that cites cases that do not exist. Judge James D'Auguste shocked a crowded courtroom when he said he expects to dismiss the Article 78 proceeding, initially submitted pro se, without attorneys, with prejudice against those who filed it, according to reporting from Crains New York.

The Adams administration's North Star has always been public safety. New Yorkers want to be able to send their kids to school, go to work, shop in their local store, go out for dinner, and come home safely to their family and their community. They want to feel safe AND they want to be safe, and this administration has delivered that for them.

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 city of Stockholm held a land allocation competition seeking a plus-energy building featuring rental apartments and a design that showcases energy efficiency ambitions.

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.

Justice Robinson, a young resident, was trapped in an elevator for nearly 30 minutes due to heavy winds causing a power outage at Alice Griffith Apartments.

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.

She said, 'No, this dog don't bite.' I said, 'All dogs bite. That dog needs to be on a leash.'

A group of state representatives urges Gov. Kathy Hochul to allocate $4.2 billion in Bond Act funds for essential energy upgrades in public housing.

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.