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New York City To Open Cooling Centers As Tri-State Readies For Heat Wave
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Tri-State Area is bracing for a major heat wave over the next couple of days. According to AccuWeather, temperatures will reach 93 degrees on Wednesday and could reach a...
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NYC Father Of Two Needs A Home To Get Life-Saving Kidney Transplant
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Octavio Estevez stood on the steps of City Hall on Monday, asking the city to let him live. WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman On The...
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Stringer Calls For Major Overhaul Of NYC’s Housing Authority
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said it’s time to overhaul the city’s housing authority. In a new report, Stringer said the New York City Housing Authority’s current...
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Bronx Public Housing Residents Complain Of Rat Infestation
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Hundreds of New York City Housing Authority residents in the Bronx are angry over what they call an infestation of rats. Residents said the Claremont Consolidated Houses on...
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NYC Public Housing Tenants Impacted By Sandy To Get Break In Rent
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Tenants in public housing in New York City who were affected by Superstorm Sandy will get some help with their rent. New York City Housing Authority Vice Chair Emily Youssouf...
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Residents, Public Advocate Blast NYCHA For ‘Unacceptable’ Rent Credit Plan
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Large parts of Brooklyn’s biggest housing project still have no lights, heat or hot water. But for now, people still have to pay to live there. WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman...
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Storm-Struck Red Hook Public Housing Residents Warn They’ll Get ‘Radical’ If...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some Brooklyn residents are demanding that the New York City Housing Authority address their post Sandy needs. Those who live in Red Hook public housing rallied in Lower...
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OSHA Investigating Lack Of Protective Gear For Some Sandy Clean-Up Workers
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – As the clean-up effort continues in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, some concerns have surfaced over a lack of proper tools and protective gear for workers. The union that...
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Elderly Man’s Legs Trapped In Elevator In Housing Authority Building
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – An elderly man is hospitalized in critical condition after police say his legs got caught in the doors of an elevator in his New York City Housing Authority apartment building....
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Some New York City Residents Left Without Heat In Bitter Cold
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The mercury has dropped into the teens, and the wind chill has made it feel like a mere 5 degrees, and some New York City residents can’t even find relief in their own homes. As...
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Appeals Court Rules NYCHA Can Evict Tenants Who Violate Income Requirement
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – New York’s highest court ruled on Thursday that the New York City Housing Authority can evict tenants who lie about their incomes. The ruling from the New York State Court of...
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NYCHA Development Residents Furious Over 400 Percent Parking Rate Hike
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Residents of the New York City Housing Authority developments were furious earlier this week, after learning that their parking fees jumped in a big way. “It’s highway robbery....
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Bloomberg’s Public Housing Fingerprinting Idea Stuns, Infuriates Residents
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s latest crime-fighting idea had a lot of people riled up on Friday. The mayor wants to fingerprint more than 600,000 people who live in public housing....
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Spitzer Lays Out Plan To Improve NYCHA, Blasts Mayor’s Fingerprinting Idea
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Unveiling the first policy proposals of his comeback campaign, New York City comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer called Wednesday for sweeping reforms to the public housing...
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Queens Residents Living In Flooded Homes As They Wait For NYCHA Repairs
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Some residents at a Queens apartment building say they’ve been complaining to their landlord for months about water, bugs and mold. Their landlord? It’s the city. Erycka de...
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Red Hook Houses Tenants Complain About Lack Of Progress 1 Year After Sandy
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Brooklyn’s largest public housing complex was blacked out for weeks after superstorm Sandy roared ashore. One year later, residents of the Red Hook Houses say they’re still...
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NYC Agrees To Remove Mold, Fix Leaks In Public Housing More Quickly
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York City has agreed to deal more thoroughly with the removal of mold in public housing. The New York Times reports that it’s part of an agreement by the Bloomberg...
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Mayor De Blasio Announces Housing Authority Team
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his New York City Housing Authority team Saturday. De Blasio introduced Shola Olatoye as chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority....
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Frozen, Icy Water Tank Leaves Bronx Public Housing Residents Worried
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Fifteen stories above a Bronx apartment building stands, ice cascades downward from a frozen rooftop water tank. CBS 2 learned about the frozen water tank on the roof of the...
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Queens NYCHA Residents Could Be Without Gas For Months
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A leaky pipe has led to gas being shut off in the middle of the night at 250 Queens apartments — and it could be months before it is restored. As 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck...
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