How to End the Culture of Cover-up in New York City Public Housing

NYCHA needs to start providing safe public housing to deserving tenants

Transgression followed by cover-up: This all-too-familiar scenario has played out again, this time in the disgraceful and high-profile failures to protect New York City public housing residents from decrepit and dangerous living conditions. Urgent repairs to the buildings, and restorations to the integrity and reputation, of the New York City ...
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How to End the Culture of Cover-up in New York City Public Housing

Rent Protections Grow Scarcer and Landlord Harassment Gets More Common

The challenges for low-income tenants in New York City

Since the turn of the century, there has been a tectonic shift in the type of housing low-income New Yorkers live in. While most still live in rent-regulated rentals that number is dropping significantly. At the same time, tenants in both rent-regulated and unregulated housing report increased harassment by their ...
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Rent Protections Grow Scarcer and Landlord Harassment Gets More Common