Significant moment cc Tatyana Turner, who's kept up with all of these votes: "Coney Island Houses residents are the first to choose to stay in traditional public housing since NYCHA began holding these elections last year." citylimits.org/2024/08/20/ear…

It turns out planting certain kinds of trees in NYC can make the air worse citylimits.org/2024/08/22/pla…

As evictions rise post-pandemic, the city's marshals who carry them out are making record profits. The financial boon has renewed scrutiny for the unique role of these private contractors. patrick spauster takes a look at what reforms could look like: bit.ly/46ZuTM0

There's a new monitor in town -- for NYCHA. Tatyana Turner digs into the latest oversight report from the independent entity charged w/ tracking NYCHA's improvement efforts. It's the first from Jenner & Block, which took over the role this year: bit.ly/3Ze3RPc

~HOT MAPS ALERT~ Updated our City of Yes for Housing public review tracker with the latest recommendation published by the city, from Brooklyn Community Board 7, which weighed in favorably with conditions. We've now got published votes from all but 3 community boards: bit.ly/3T63rGO

With less than a week left in my @MVJnetwork veterans fellowship with City Limits, I’m proud to share my latest article on the housing challenges veterans face in NYC and their impact on the rapidly declining population. citylimits.org/2024/09/25/its…

Taking a lot of trips down memory lane this morning, like that time when Eric Adams was running for mayor and let reporters into his Brooklyn brownstone to prove that yes he did live there okay! And then David Brand took a peek in his fridge bit.ly/3zzjpTd

Don't have time to parse the 57-page indictment against our mayor? We read it for you, and pulled the highlights team effort w/ Daniel Parra Mejía Mariana Simões Chris Janaro Tatyana Turner

Eight months after what federal prosecutors called the “largest single-day bribery takedown in the history of the Justice Department,” NYCHA is tightening requirements when awarding small contracts, an effort to root out abuse. via Tatyana Turner: bit.ly/4dWniA1

Spoke with Barika X Williams about the last 50 years of @ANHDNYC, founded in 1974 to do "the really piece-by-piece work of taking over and preserving abandoned and neglected buildings." (Fun fact: City Limits was originally a newsletter for ANHD organizers) bit.ly/3ZZJqWB

“You can’t walk across anywhere to get to anywhere,” said Red Hook Houses resident Henry Watkins. Tag team story by Mariana Simões & Tatyana Turner, about life at Red Hook Houses, where post Sandy-funded resiliency work has turned the campus into a construction zone

The housing authority’s board approved an agreement Wednesday that brings the razing and rebuilding of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses closer to fruition, and kicks off a plan to provide tenants with repairs while they wait. via Tatyana Turner: bit.ly/4f6dXqm

"Velázquez herself told City Limits that she is hopeful for a 'democratic trifecta' to get H.R. 307 passed: Vice President Kamala Harris becoming commander in chief, and democrats taking control of both the House and the Senate." via Tatyana Turner: bit.ly/3UAJ316

ICYMI! With reporting by me, Daniel Parra Mejía Tatyana Turner & Mariana Simões

There are 218 resident associations across NYC’s public housing system, buoyed by volunteers who push to compel repairs and address their neighbors' problems. Who are they, and why do they do this work? First in a series! By Tatyana Turner bit.ly/3CjMovl

NYCHA federal monitorship was introduced in 2019. In addition to oversight of issues like heat, mold and lead, is calls for detailed quarterly updates on the housing authority's progress, and offers suggestions for improvements. via Tatyana Turner: bit.ly/3YQDAEH

City Limits is starting an email newsletter focused specifically on our coverage of NYCHA, with reporting by Tatyana Turner as well as community events and other useful info. Sign up here: citylimits.org/newsletters/

Part of the changes the mayor announced yesterday includes a new "centralized mail center" for migrants in shelter Daniel Parra Mejía was first to report comprehensively on the issues lost shelter mail was causing for people's immigration cases back in July: bit.ly/4ebXG2B

A preliminary vote at NYCHA’s Hylan Houses took place this a.m. For now, it’s a tie. There are 83 votes for the Trust, 83 votes for PACT and nine votes for Section 9. A final count will take place next Friday, Dec. 20. Here’s what tenants had to say about a pathway forward:

Tenants at the Hylan Houses voted on the future of their homes. There’s a tie between PACT and the Trust. What happens now? Read our latest in City Limits via Jeanmarie Evelly : citylimits.org/2024/12/20/vot… Thank you to Spectrum News NY1 for having me speak on this yesterday!