Tag Archives: New York City Housing Authority

Scaffolding Used As Garbage Dump In Harlem Apartment Building

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The view from William Alvarez’s Harlem apartment literally stinks. “It’s an eyesore, soiled diapers, chicken bones, hypodermic needles and glass bottles,” Alvarez says. Continue reading

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Building Skills NY Launches Workforce Training Program

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Building Skills NY announced the launch of its workforce training program, which offers low-income and unemployed New Yorkers construction training and job placement in the affordable housing industry. Continue reading

NYCHA Launches New Self-Service Portal for Housing Applicants

nychaAs part of the New York City Housing Authority’s goal to enhance customer service, it has launched an online service tool for Public Housing and Section 8 Voucher applicants. Continue reading

Chinese Moving to East Harlem, Not Downtown

CHINESE1-articleLargeFor 10 days last month, a robbery pattern in East Harlem drew the heightened attention of the Police Department, which flooded the area with patrol officers and papered storefronts with wanted posters. Continue reading

UNIQLO to Donate Clothing and Volunteers to Areas Affected by Hurricane Sandy

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UNIQLO, the global clothing retailer, announced today the creation of a 10-week volunteer and donation program to distribute 100,000 donated items of HEATTECH and 10,000 items of Ultra Light Down jackets to those in regions affected by Hurricane Sandy. Continue reading

East Harlem’s Mike Byrne, Federal Coordinating Officer for FEMA

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I am a native New Yorker.  I was born in New York City.  I grew up in the city’s Public Housing developments in East Harlem and my Mom and Dad, brothers and sisters still live here.  Continue reading

One Hundred Black Men Gives Turkey Dinners To Harlem Families

One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City distributed more than 700 Thanksgiving meals to families in need from all five boroughs last week. Continue reading

New York City Housing Authority Rent Changes

The Board of the New York City Housing Authority has announced that NYCHA will begin instituting rent adjustments to residents in developments severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Continue reading

Harlem Family Faces Eviction Because of Past

When word came at 4 a.m. recently that a 25-year-old man had been shot at 148th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, … Continue reading

Daffodil Project Grows in DeWitt Clinton Houses

For the first time since this post-9/11 effort began, New Yorkers 4 Parks is bringing their Daffodil Project event to the New York City Housing Authority –joining formally with public housing residents to plant daffodils in their green space. Continue reading