NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change gets no love at public hearing
NYCHA CEO gets razzed over Blueprint for Change Residents, politicians and union workers responded angrily
Andrew Jackson Houses
Bronxites learn to save, a few pennies at a time
The residents say the basic financial advice they are receiving is long overdue. The group’s motto, according to its CEO and co-founder Bishop Taylor, comes from a phrase coined by former President Bill Clinton: “Rich people have planners, poor people actually need them.”
Recycling advocates hit NYCHA with lawsuit
Longword’s Mothers on the Move is one of three environmental justice organizations that have filed a lawsuit against NYCHA, contending that workers routinely flaunt laws requiring them to sort recyclables from regular trash.
Birdcage Classic draws hoops hopefuls
Dwight Hardy went from the Andrew Jackson Houses in Melrose to the NCAAs as a star point guard for St. John’s, and now stardom in an Italian professional basketball league. Now, he wants to bring a few lessons of success back home to Melrose.
Housing Authority tenants do their own repairs
Across the city, NYCHA tenants have decided to take repairs into their own hands, as the authority staggers under a massive backlog. Among its 178,000 apartments, more than 700,000 work orders await completion and another 300,000 are in the pipeline. Leaks, cracked walls, rodent infestations, broken cabinets and appliances and other deterioration demand the constant attention of work crews.
Cops, residents seek to thaw icy relations
Advocates and police partner at Night Out Against Crime By Kathy Conkwright [email protected] The first
‘Put down your guns,’ youth group pleads
Mott Haven organization works to curb growing violence Danny Barber has been warned that people
Melrose street renamed for fallen war hero
While Sergeant Jose Velez was training in Iraq in 2005, he became known for his