May. 23, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell The fire marshal is investigating the cause of an all-hands fire that broke out at Breukelen Houses on Friday morning. The blaze began just after 9:30 a.m. on the first floor of a three-story apartment building on Glenwood Road near East 108th Street in Canarsie,…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen More than a dozen people were injured and nine hospitalized after a large fire at NYCHA’s Brownsville Houses on Wednesday night. Firefighters responded to reports of a fire on the fourth and fifth floors at 268 Osborn St. just after 7 p.m. on March 20, according to the…
Dec. 19, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Eviction rates at New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) properties have surged under the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program, raising concerns about tenant protections, according to a new audit by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander. The PACT program, designed to address decades of underfunding and disrepair in public…
Jul. 29, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Three separate fires across Brooklyn from Friday night to Saturday morning left 12 residents injured.
Apr. 15, 2024 By Jada Camille
Two public housing sites in Coney Island are next in line to vote on whether they’ll enter the city’s new permanent affordability program, join a housing trust or remain Section 9 housing, the New York City Housing Authority announced.
Feb. 12, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
More than 13 years after Hurricane Sandy, Red Hook Houses East has received more than $1.3 million in federal funding for permanent storm-related repairs.
Jan. 29, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Brooklyn woman is suing the New York City Housing Authority for negligence after she was brutally attacked at Farragut Houses in Downtown Brooklyn last year.
Jun. 15, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
A fire at a Gravesend NYCHA complex on Thursday morning left one resident and three firefighters injured, an FDNY spokesperson confirmed.
Apr. 20, 2023 By Joanna Insco
“Bridging the Divide,” a public art exhibition made up of 50 installations totaling nearly two miles in length and located in public housing communities all around New York City, is finally finished after ten months of work.
Apr. 19, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A lottery for 99 truly-affordable studio and one-bedroom apartments in an under-construction development in Bed-Stuy’s Sumner Houses is open for seniors.