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Who’s the boss? Council and Housing Authority debate crisis responsibility

NYCHA chairman echoes hearing’s big question: How will public housing residents get food, water and aid during and after disasters?

Coney Island public housing awaits aid

Residents who resisted evacuation orders still have no power, water or clues about what’s next

Red Hook Houses residents resist evacuation orders, some with regret

‘Nobody in my building left at all’ said one tenant. ‘We should have left.’

Delays hold back public housing expansion plans

Seven years after approval by the New York City Housing Authority, Cooper Houses expansion is still pending

Housing Authority tenants take home repairs into their own hands

On a bright day in April, Ivis Rosado opened her kitchen windows to allow dust to escape from her fifth floor apartment in the Andrew Jackson Houses, while her father, Fernando, diligently worked on chipping layers of plaster from her hallway walls. For the first time in 30 years, the patchwork of plaster piled on […]

Lawsuits against Housing Authority surge as tenants seek speedy repairs

The number of tenants suing the New York City Housing Authority for repairs surged 40 percent between 2010 and 2011 and has nearly doubled in the last decade, as tenants suffering long waits to get leaks, crumbling plaster and other conditions fixed in their apartments seek to fast-track the arrival of maintenance crews. Tenants filed 1,248 […]

Increasing number of New York school children skipping vaccinations

More than 22,000 medical and religious exemptions were granted to students for the 2013-14 school year, up 27 percent from 2010-11, according to the state Health Department. Public and private enrollment over the same period remained largely flat.

New data provides first detailed look at military gear held by New York law enforcement agencies

Over the past several years, more than 120 law enforcement agencies across the state, from the NYPD to Tuckahoe, have obtained military-grade equipment through the Pentagon’s 1033 program, which transfers excess military equipment to state and local police across the country.