Tag: housing projects

In 1967 Jennifer Baum and her family moved into RNA House, a subsidized cooperative apartment building at 150 West 96th Street. It was a time “when the idea that housing is a human right was a guiding principle of politics, urban design, and planning."

On Saturday, 300-plus current and former residents of the Amsterdam Houses gathered...

It never fails: The writer or subject of a Rag story is praised profusely in the comments; the accolades are universal -- almost

Residents of the Frederick Douglass Houses and neighboring buildings came out in force on Monday night to learn about a plan to lease land in the housing project to private developers interested in building market-rate apartments. The three buildings built on the site are expected to bring in money that ...

January 31, 2013 Weather: Partly Cloudy/Wind, High of 45 Degrees.

October 23, 2012 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 65 Degrees.

January 20, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 35 Degrees.

Elderly housing project residents, particularly at Amsterdam Houses in the West 60's off of Amsterdam Avenue, are being told that they have to move because they live in apartments with more bedrooms than they need. Some seniors are being told they have to move out of their developments -- and ...