In the Democratic primary’s last days, and with New York’s economy starting to regain its footing, a chronic problem gains new urgency. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Public and Subsidized Housing”
New York Has a Housing Crisis. How Would the Mayoral Candidates Fix It?
By Gotham Rex on June 13, 2021
New York City’s affordability problems were laid bare by the pandemic. Mayoral candidates offer solutions, but steep political and logistical obstacles remain. Source: New York Times
NYC and Homelessness: Lawmakers Take Dramatic Step to Stem Rise
By Gotham Rex on May 27, 2021
The City Council voted overwhelmingly to increase a housing subsidy in hopes of making thousands of apartments affordable to people who are homeless or facing eviction. Source: New York Times
Lynne Patton Fined and Barred From Government Over RNC Video
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
Lynne Patton recruited and interviewed public housing tenants in New York City for a pro-Trump re-election video. The residents accused her of tricking them into participating. Source: New York Times
‘She Wants Well-Qualified People’: 88 Landlords Accused of Housing Bias
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2021
A lawsuit by a watchdog group claims that its undercover investigation found widespread bias against tenants receiving federal housing assistance. Source: New York Times
Courting Unions and the Latino Vote: 5 Takeaways From the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2021
Eric Adams won three big labor union endorsements, confirming his status as a top contender, and Loree Sutton dropped out of the race. Source: New York Times
‘One Property at a Time’: A City Tries to Revive Without Gentrifying
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2021
Neighborhoods in Newark are beginning to see a flurry of redevelopment, a decade after the city’s downtown gained vogue. Source: New York Times
Trapped at Home in the Pandemic With Mold and a Leaky Roof
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2020
As the wealthy upgrade their homes, poor New Yorkers have to wait out the health crisis in rundown public housing. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Tenants Say They Were Tricked Into Appearing in R.N.C. Video
By Gotham Rex on August 28, 2020
“I am not a Trump supporter,” one of the tenants said, adding that she was furious that her interview with a government official was used for the convention. Source: New York Times
‘The City Fumbled It’: How 4 Families Took On the Virus
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2020
In the South Bronx, the coronavirus had a devastating impact on an already vulnerable population. Residents of public housing didn’t wait for the city to help. Source: New York Times