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Mamdani’s $607M NYCHA makeover costs taxpayers a staggering $528K per apartment

New York Post 02 Oct 2026
The city closed financing Tuesday on a $607 million overhaul of Nostrand Houses, the aging NYCHA complex in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn ... “My criticism is not about NYCHA getting needed repairs,” Martin wrote on X.
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City breaks ground on Sol on Park, new 229-unit affordable senior development

AM New York 01 Oct 2026
The city broke ground on 229 affordable homes in the Bronx, a fully affordable senior development on the NYCHA Morris Houses site ... “Sol on Park shows what is possible when we invest in NYCHA and use every tool available to build affordable homes.
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NYCHA seniors refuse to move from Chelsea projects set for demolition: ‘I’m not going anywhere!’

New York Post 30 Sep 2026
About 26 fiery elderly NYCHA residents are refusing to leave their homes at a Chelsea complex set for demolition — with one warning, “They’re gonna have to knock this building down with me in it.’’.
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Mamdani Administration, NYCHA and Development Partners Put Public Land to Work, Breaking Ground on 229 Affordable Homes at Sol on Park (New York City Housing Development Corporation)

Public Technologies 30 Sep 2026
... closer today to being able to deliver 228 permanently affordable senior homes to this community, including 80 apartments for NYCHA residents," said NYCHA Chief Real Estate Officer Heather Beck.
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NYCHA’s new repair model gets its first $607M test in Brooklyn

The Villager 30 Sep 2026
The city closed the first financing deal through its Public Housing Preservation Trust this week, unlocking $607 million for a top-to-bottom overhaul of NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn.
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NYCHA handyman killed by storm known as ‘Mr. Fix-it,’ died working overtime — how teary ...

New York Post 28 Sep 2026
The tragic NYCHA handyman killed by a falling tree in Brooklyn was known as “Mr ... An area inside the Cypress Hills Houses housing project is shown in Brooklyn, N.Y., near where NYCHA worker Leighton Brown was killed by a fallen tree.
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NYCHA worker killed by falling tree in nor’easter’s extreme wind gusts: ‘Trauma throughout his body’

New York Post 27 Sep 2026
A NYCHA worker was killed by a falling tree in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon — the first casualty of the nor’easter that is bearing down with extreme wind gusts on the Atlantic Coast ... NYCHA declined ...
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Monroe Houses community center reopens after a nearly $4.5 million renovation

Bronx Times 25 Sep 2026
Council Member Amanda Farías joined Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, NYCHA officials, Monroe Houses Tenant Association leaders and residents on Sept ... NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt said the finished ...
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Opening of new Bronxdale Nursery playground celebrated with ribbon-cutting ceremony

Bronx Times 21 Sep 2026
“Every child deserves a safe, welcoming place to play and learn, and this newly transformed playground is an investment in exactly that for the Sotomayor community,” NYCHA Chief Executive Officer Lisa Bova-Hiatt said.
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NYCHA’s $465,000-a-year plumber is just a taste of its massive dysfunction

New York Post 14 Jul 2026
From July 2024 through June 2025, NYCHA plumber supervisor Jakub Markowski earned $465,000, including $332,000 for nearly 2,600 hours in overtime — more than the mayor and City Council speaker make combined.
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NYCHA Chelsea residents to be relocated after court allows controversial redevelopment to move forward

AM New York 13 Jul 2026
A controversial plan to tear down and rebuild all 2,056 apartment units in NYCHA’s Fulton and Chelsea-Elliott Houses can move forward, an appeals court ruled last week ... “NYCHA has strayed far from its mandate.
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