1. Ferr[ETH]-SadurnI, Luis. “Housing System Is ‘Lighting Money on Fire’ as Rats Persist, Auditor Says.” New York Times, 29 July 2019, p. A18(L). Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A594815932/OVIC?u=cuny_nytc&sid=OVIC&xid=df3a454b. Accessed 12 Nov. 2019.
Summary: The funding that NYCHA has been getting is being mismanaged and wasted pointlessly. Eight of the housing projects located in Staten Island needed to be repaired, and NYCHA paid to have it done. This decision ended up costing the city 4 million dollars, when in fact all of the roofs were still under warranty for 10 years and could have been repaired completely free. Prime example of how NYCHA is literally burning away money.
2. “Housing-project tax-$$ vacation Tenants’ 15G weekend at resort.” New York Post [New York, NY], 24 Nov. 2013, p. 009. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A350331351/OVIC?u=cuny_nytc&sid=OVIC&xid=0e6789fc. Accessed 12 Dec. 2019.
Summary: Example of how nycha employees mismanaged the funds that are given to them, and use it for their own purposes. The funding that the employees receive is meant to support various programs that help residents of NYCHA, such as child care, violence prevention, and job training. This article stated “The president of the city’s Drew-Hamilton housing project in Harlem treated herself and 24 other tenants to a getaway at a ritzy Poconos resort last weekend – costing taxpayers at least $15,000,”. Proof of how New York City citizens taxpayer dollars are used for the wrong reason.
3. Goodman, J. David. “Tests Showed Children Were Exposed to Lead. The Official Response: Challenge the Tests.” The New York Times, 18 Nov. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/nyregion/nycha-lead-paint.html.
This article covers the people affected by lead paint, and what NYCHA does to discredit any lead paint claims. The article mentions two children that tested positive for lead poisoning, as well as how NYCHA challenged these claims by redirecting blame. It also mentions that NYCHA uses their own employers to perform any apartment inspection, which leads to great conflict of interest. Finally, the article talks about a little girl that test positive for lead poisoning and the effects this has had on her life.
4. Smith, Greg B. “City Housing Authority Admits It Can’t Get the Lead Out.” The City, 23 Aug. 2019, thecity.nyc/2019/08/new-york-city-housing-authority-admits-it-cant-get-the-lead-out.html.
This brief article talks about despite all of the lead paint issues that NYCHA has, it currently has no plans on removing the lead from all the apartments. This admittance came NYCHA pledge to federal authorities that it would tackle the lead paint issue. Despite NYCHA stating that they cannot solve the lead issue, mayor Bill DeBlasion claimed that NYCHA will resolve the issue by the end of 2019. Not only does NYCHA not have a plan to remove the lead from the apartments, it doesn’t even have a plan to test all of these apartments for lead paint.
5.LEWIS, BERTHA. “HUD, NYCHA Receivership, Trump, Carson, Cuomo, de Blasio and the ‘Negro Removal’ Plan.” New York Amsterdam News, vol. 109, no. 52, 27 Dec. 2018, pp. 10–11. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=134035600&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
In this news report it highlights the importance NYCHA have over low-income communities and why should people start protecting from being taken down. In addition, it mentions the issue with NYCHA and Donald Trump, which can pique interest to audience who are attentive with trump actions. The is source is credible because its coming from a news report by an author name Bertha Lewis.
6. FerrĂ©-sadurnĂ, Luis. “No Heat for 10 Years, and the City Is Their Landlord.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 Dec. 2018. Web. 18 Dec. 2019. <https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/nyregion/nycha-housing-heat.html>.
In this news report it’s mentioning the situation of Evelyn and Franklin Badia who are facing heating problems. They talk about how they suffer the winter seasons and the way people in the same building try to overcome it. During the inspection of the boilers, NYCHA promised the residents that they were going to bring four new ones however that never came true, it is a widly situation that every NYCHA building is facing and NYCHA isn’t doing much.
7.FerrĂ©-sadurnĂ, Luis. “The Rise and Fall of New York Public Housing: An Oral History.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 June 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/25/nyregion/new-york-city-public-housing-history.html.
Summary: A brief history of what made NYCHA become a positive message for change and how dysfunctional it became over time.
8.“Public Advocate Releases List of New York City’s Worst Landlords.” Public Advocate Releases List of NYC’s Worst Landlords, https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/12/16/public-advocate-releases-list-of-new-york-city-s-worst-landlords.
Summary: How NYCHA wins the award for the worst landlord in NYC.
9.FerrĂ©-sadurnĂ, Luis. “What Will It Cost to Fix New York’s Public Housing?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 2 July 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/nyregion/nycha-public-housing-fix.html.
Summary: The cost breakdown of how much it would take to repair NYCHA
10.Spivack, Caroline. “NYCHA Fighting a ‘Losing Battle’ against Elevator Upkeep.” Curbed NY, Curbed NY, 4 Sept. 2019, https://ny.curbed.com/2019/9/4/20849423/nycha-elevators-public-housing-city-council.
Summary: The elevator repair and maintenance is one of the most difficult aspects of upkeeping NYCHA
