John Rhea steps down as housing authority chairman
John Rhea, the chairman of the city’s public housing authority, resigned last night after a stormy four-year tenure during...
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NYCHA to ease ban on ex-prisoner tenants
A handful of former inmates, long banned from living in New York City’s public housing, will be allowed to live in such developments starting next month.
NYCHA spending $8M on lawyers to fight repairs
More than bricklayers or exterminators, the New York City Housing Authority spends approximately $8 million a year on a...
De Blasio promises to sack NYCHA’s Rhea if elected
If elected, Bill de Blasio vowed to clean house at NYCHA — beginning with the sacking of Chairman John Rhea —...
Cuomo paves way for NYCHA overhaul
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation to overhaul senior management at the New York City Housing Authority, paving the way for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to make sweeping changes in the leadership at the under-fire...
NYCHA says 14 residential buildings could rise on public housing lots
The New York City Housing Authority has released details of its plan to lease public housing land for private...
NYCHA’s Rhea defends luxury development plan to state lawmakers
New York City Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea told state lawmakers that “every penny” of funds raised from the...
Mayor, NYCHA chair step up repair efforts
The city has stepped up efforts to eliminate the backlog of non-emergency repairs at city-administered buildings by the end of the year, a statement from the Mayor’s office today said. “No one has felt...
After Sandy, NYCHA told staffers to keep politicians in the dark
In the days after Hurricane Sandy, the New York City Housing Authority instructed employees to keep quiet if elected...
NYCHA courts private developers, plans to lease out millions of square feet
The New York City Housing Authority is planning to lease millions of square feet of its property to private...