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NYC to Address Rampant Mold and Moisture Problems in Public Housing Following NRDC Lawsuit
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Monday, December 16, 2013
The New York City Housing Authority will take majors steps to address the city’s severe and pervasive mold and moisture problem in its public housing stock, thanks to a settlement agreement reached today in a class action lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice on behalf of affected tenants. This is especially good news for residents with asthma, particularly children and the elderly, whose health has been suffering as a result of mold in their apartments.
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NYCHA's failure to stop reoccurring mold invasion spurs suit
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
On Tuesday, frustrated tenants will take action against the authority for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act — on the grounds that asthma is a disability.
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Public Housing Residents Claim NYCHA Just Paints Over Mold Problems
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
It’s a cry for help from residents of New York City public housing.
Many have been complaining about mold in their city apartments for years, but charge the New York City Housing Authority never really confronts the problem.
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NYC Housing Authority boss John Rhea passed on fed funds
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Monday, October 1, 2012
AT A BREAKFAST meeting last week, city Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea announced he was pursuing $500 million in federal funds for “desperately needed” roof and brickwork repairs.
He didn’t mention that two years ago, he decided against going after the same pot of money because he didn’t have qualified staff to spend it wisely, the Daily News has learned.
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Rhea’s big promises
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Embattled New York City Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea has unveiled plans that he promises will generate several billion dollars to pay for critically needed, long overdue renovations at the agency’s 334 developments.
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Broken NYCHA can be repaired
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Monday, August 6, 2012
The New York City Housing Authority is the custodian of a vast and critical public resource — 180,000 apartments, hundreds of developments, thousands of workers — that lives and dies silently.
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NYCHA’S GRAY MONSTER: Residents live with mold that won’t die
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
A tale of rot and ruined health is all too familiar among residents of New York City Housing Authority buildings, where mold often grows unchecked and impatient renters grow irate.
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Bloomberg continues to defend NYCHA chief John Rhea
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg on Friday admitted to blowing off a non-profit agency that charged the city’s Housing Authority was sitting on $1 billion and failing to take advantage of another $600,000.
“It’s all ginned up by some group,” Bloomberg said on WOR-AM radio’s John Gambling show. “They wrote us a letter. And, yes, it’s true, they did not get a written response.”
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Mike's blind spot
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Friday, August 3, 2012
The mayor should have read the letter. The mayor should have taken the contents seriously. The mayor should have responded appropriately and aggressively for the betterment of New York.
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Letter to Mayor Bloomberg last year warned of NYCHA’s failures
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
City housing officials, in addition to sitting on nearly $1 billion in federal funds, were too inept to collect another $600 million in available revenue, a civic improvement group charged last year.
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High-handed Mike
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Yes, New York City Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea has a tough job, as Mayor Bloomberg assigned a press aide to say in response to Tuesday’s Daily News front page calling on the mayor to fire Rhea and fellow board members.
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Daily News Investigates: NYCHA Special Report
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Special multi-day articles about New York City Housing Authority.
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NYCHA board sitting on nearly $1B in fed cash
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
They earn close to $200,000 a year, ride in city-owned cars, live in tony Manhattan apartments — and are sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars intended to benefit low income New York families.
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Obama’s mortgage unit is AWOL
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Three months ago, in his State of the Union speech, President Obama announced a new task force to investigate mortgage fraud and bring some measure of relief to the 12 million American families who are either losing their homes or in danger of losing them.
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Bronx photo exhibit depicts poor living conditions for some in public housing
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Friday, March 30, 2012
A girl in a pink-painted bedroom sits on a bunkbed wearing an airmask over her nose, clutching a machine to help her breathe.
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Home Is Where the Mold Is
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Sarita Latchman, a vibrant 42-year-old mother and former parks worker, has a sound like a baby’s rattle at the back of her throat.
Which is not surprising, as her apartment in the Jefferson Houses in East Harlem is speckled with soot-black mold. A thick carpet of it runs down her bathroom wall and across the ceiling of her children’s bedrooms. Rub it and the spores float, landing on sink tops and children’s hair. They also journey through Ms. Latchman’s nasal passageway into her lungs.
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