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NYCHA Plans Luxury Housing Alongside Five LES Public Housing Projects
Photo via Alfred E. Smith Houses Facebook page. The next big housing battle on the Lower East Side is upon us. In the past month, officials with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) have been...
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NYCHA’s Margarita Lopez: Luxury Housing Plan is Not a Done Deal
Residents of the Smith Houses packed a gymnasium on Madison Street last night for a tense “emergency tenant meeting” to discuss the New York City Housing Authority’s plan to lease some of its property...
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Elected Officials, Community Boards Send Letter to Bloomberg, Rhea Concerning...
A parking lot at the Smith Houses is one potential site for luxury development. This afternoon, elected officials and three Manhattan community boards are out with a letter they have sent to Mayor...
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A Closer Look: NYCHA’s Plan to Build Luxury Housing on the Lower East Side
A parking lot at the Smith Houses on South Street is one location being considered for market-rate development. Editor’s note: the following article originally appeared in the March 2013 issue of The...
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NYCHA’s Lopez: Offer Alternative Financial Plan or “Shut Up”
Map by Kim Gledhill/The Lo-Down. There were more developments this week concerning the controversial proposal to build market-rate apartments on public housing property in New York City. Click through...
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NYCHA Details Development Plan Impacting LaGuardia Houses
A meeting was held last night at the Rutgers Houses. Last night, the New York City Housing Authority took its road show to another housing development on the Lower East Side. NYCHA Commissioner...
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NYCHA Chairman Rhea Grilled By State Lawmakers
NYCHA Chairman John Rhea at Friday’s Assembly hearing. Members of the State Assembly grilled NYCHA Chairman John Rhea Friday concerning the public housing agency’s controversial plan to build...
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NYCHA Details Baruch Houses Plan; Residents Fear a “Done Deal”
Residents of the Baruch Houses listen to NYCHA presentation at Bard High School. The crowd was sparse but those who did show up for a briefing by New York City Housing Authority officials last night at...
View ArticleNYCHA Plans 2,026 New Apartments on the LES
2013-03-15 Letter From Mayor Re Infill by The Lo-Down More than a month ago, local elected officials and three Manhattan community boards sent Mayor Bloomberg a letter requesting a meeting concerning...
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Smith Tenant Association Boycotting Tonight’s NYCHA Meeting
NYCHA map shows development sites at the Smith Houses. In the past 24 hours, the New York City Housing Authority finally posted details on its web site concerning a plan to lease some of its property...
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